Predictors of recurrent abdominal pain among 9 to 15-year-old urban school-children in Malaysia

Boey CC 1 , Goh KL

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Paediatrics, University of Malaya Medical Centre, 59100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Acta Paediatr, 2001 Mar;90(3):353-5.
PMID: 11332181

Abstract

A cross-sectional survey of school-children aged from 9 to 15 y was performed in the city of Petaling Jaya to look for predictors of recurrent abdominal pain. A sample of 1488 children was randomly chosen, of whom 143 (9.6%) had recurrent abdominal pain according to Apley's criteria.

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