Prevalence of functional constipation among Palestinian preschool children and the relation to stressful life events.

<h4>Aim</h4>Increasing evidence exists with respect to the relation between stressful life events and functional constipation (FC). We aimed to investigate the prevalence of FC in Palestinian refugee preschool children and to determine if stress and trauma exposure are risk factors of FC...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Denise Froon-Torenstra, Elise Beket, Ali M Khader, Majed Hababeh, Arwa Nasir, Akihiro Seita, Marc A Benninga, Maartje M van den Berg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208571