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

Denise Froon-Torenstra; Elise Beket; Ali M. Khader; Majed Hababeh; Arwa Nasir; Akihiro Seita; Marc A. Benninga; Maartje M. van den Berg

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0208571

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

Denise Froon-Torenstra ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: denisetorenstra@gmail.com

Affiliation Emma Children’s Hospital/Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6679-9992

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Elise Beket,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emma Children’s Hospital/Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Ali M. Khader,

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees in the Near East, Headquarters Amman, Jordan
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Majed Hababeh,

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees in the Near East, Headquarters Amman, Jordan
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Arwa Nasir,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States of America
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Akihiro Seita,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees in the Near East, Headquarters Amman, Jordan
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Marc A. Benninga,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emma Children’s Hospital/Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Maartje M. van den Berg

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Haaglanden Medical Center, The Hague, the Netherlands
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Prevalence of functional constipation among Palestinian preschool children and the relation to stressful life events

Denise Froon-Torenstra,
Elise Beket,
Ali M. Khader,
Majed Hababeh,
Arwa Nasir,
Akihiro Seita,
Marc A. Benninga,
Maartje M. van den Berg

Published: December 6, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208571

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