Constipation in the Elderly: Influence of Dietary, Psychological, and Physiological Factors

Autor: Towers, Adele L., Burgio, Kathryn L., Locher, Julie L., Merkel, Ira S., Safaeian, Mehry, Wald, Arnold
Zdroj: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; July 1994, Vol. 42 Issue: 7 p701-706, 6p
Abstrakt: OBJECTIVE: To identify dietary, psychological, and physiological characteristics of older individuals with chronic constipation, compared with a control group of individuals without constipation, and identify correlates of colonic transit time.
Databáze: Supplemental Index