Journal article
Psychosocial risk factors for the onset of abdominal pain. Results from a large prospective population-based study
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the psychosocial risk factors for the development of abdominal pain and to determine whether, in those people who consulted, symptoms had been attributed to an organic cause.
DESIGN: Prospective population-based postal survey with follow-up survey at 12 months.
Authors
Halder SLS; McBeth J; Silman AJ; Thompson DG; Macfarlane GJ
Journal
International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 31, No. 6, pp. 1219–1225
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
December 1, 2002
DOI
10.1093/ije/31.6.1219
ISSN
0300-5771