Effects of transition on bowel diseases in sub-Saharan Africans

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 207-210

  Walker, Alexander R P ^a,c   Segal, Isidor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Appendicitis; Bowel diseases; Colon cancer; Diverticular disease

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; DIETARY FIBER; ENTEROPATHY; INTESTINE DIVERTICULOSIS; LONGEVITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031040801     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199702000-00019     Document Type: Article

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