Prevalence of polypoid lesions of the gallbladder in urban and rural areas of Japan: Comparison between 1988 and 1993

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 158-159

  Hayashi, Yumiko ^a   Liu, Jin Hong ^a   Moriguchi, Hisashi ^a   Takenawa, Hiroshi ^b   Tazawa, Junichi ^c   Nakayama, Eijun ^a   Marumo, Fumiaki ^a   Sato, Chifumi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hokushin General Hospital   (Japan)

^c TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EATING HABIT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POLYP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029835373     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199609000-00021     Document Type: Article

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