Prevalence of gallstone disease in an italian adult female population

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 1984, Pages 796-805

  Capocaccia, L ^a   Giunchi, G ^a   Pocchiari, F ^b   Ricci, G ^a   Angelico, F ^a   Angelico, M ^a   Attili, A F ^c   Lalloni, L ^a   Morisi, G ^b   Alvaro, D ^a   Clemente, P ^a   Cocca, S ^a   De Santis, A ^a   Guccione Marin, P M ^a   Monini, P ^a   Stefanutti, C ^a   Mariucci, F ^a   Arca, M ^a   Buongiorno, A ^b   Ciocca Montali, S A ^a   Pieche U ^a   Zucca, A ^a   Calvieri, A ^a   Capocaccia, R ^b   Menotti, A ^b   more..

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Istituto Superiore di Sanità ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Cholelithiasis; Epidemiologic methods

Indexed keywords

AGE; BILE DUCT; CHOLELITHIASIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GALLBLADDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; PARITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; CHOLELITHIASIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0021359238     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113800     Document Type: Article

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