Incidence of and mortality from acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage in the United Kingdom

BMJ

Volumn 311, Issue 6999, 1995, Pages 222-

  Rockall, T A ^a   Logan, R F A ^b   Devlin, H B ^a   Northfield, T C ^c  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCIES; ENGLAND; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029016135     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.311.6999.222     Document Type: Article

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