Prevalence of Fatty Liver in a General Population of Okinawa, Japan

Japanese Journal of Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 142-149

  Nomura, Hideyuki ^a   Kashiwagi, Seizaburo ^b   Hayashi, Jun ^b   Kajiyama, Wataru ^b   Tani, Shunichi ^c   Goto, Masashi ^c  

^a Yufuin Koseinenkin Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIONOGI AND CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Fatty liver; Obesity; Total cholesterol; Triglyceride; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

FATTY LIVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

AGE FACTORS; FATTY LIVER; HUMAN; JAPAN; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0023714299     PISSN: 00215120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine1962.27.142     Document Type: Article

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