Childhood constipation as an emerging public health problem

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 30, 2016, Pages 6864-6875

  Rajindrajith, Shaman ^a   Devanarayana, Niranga Manjuri ^a   Perera, Bonaventure Jayasiri Crispus ^b   Benninga, Marc Alexander ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Asiri Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^c EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Constipation; Prevention; Public health; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD REARING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY LIFE; FAST FOOD; FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; DIET; FAMILY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONSTIPATION; DIET; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84982105805     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i30.6864     Document Type: Review

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