Incidence and prevalence of primary biliary cirrhosis in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 830-836

  Metcalf, J V ^a,b   Bhopal, R S ^a   Gray, J ^a   Howel, D ^a   James, O F W ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biliary cirrhosis; Case finding; Newcastle; Prevalence; UK

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY;

DISEASE INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

UK, ENGLAND, TYNE AND WEAR, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE;

EID: 0030764670     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.4.830     Document Type: Article

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