Female sex and the risk of liver cirrhosis

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1174-1180

  Corrao, G ^a   Arico S ^b   Zambon, A ^b   Torchio, P ^b   Di Orio, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol; Case control study; Gender; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Liver cirrhosis; Odds ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030733125     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365529709002999     Document Type: Article

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