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Application of Psychological Measures in Epidemiological Studies of Gastrointestinal Disease: A Critical Opinion

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Breakdown in Human Adaptation to ‘Stress’

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To date gastroenterologists have employed psychological studies in defined diseased (syndrome rather than disease state) populations. It is not acceptable that these post-morbid studies can be applied to population screening programmes. An ideal opportunity for an interchange of current thinking should enable us to move forward in defined studies employing defined methods on defined populations.

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  1. Department of Medicine and Gastroenterology, The Charitable Infirmary, Jervis St., Dublin 1, Ireland

    J. Fielding

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  1. Dept. of Clinical Immunology, University Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    R. E. Ballieux

  2. Dept. of Gastroenterology, The Charitable Infirmary, Dublin, Ireland

    J. F. Fielding

  3. Dept. of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy

    A. L’Abbate

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Fielding, J. (1984). Application of Psychological Measures in Epidemiological Studies of Gastrointestinal Disease: A Critical Opinion. In: Ballieux, R.E., Fielding, J.F., L’Abbate, A. (eds) Breakdown in Human Adaptation to ‘Stress’. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3285-2_13

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