Attributable risk for symptomatic liver cirrhosis in Italy

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 608-614

  Corrao, Giovanni ^c   Zambon, Antonella ^c   Torchio, Pierfederico ^c   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b   Di Orio, Ferdinando ^c   Morelli, D ^c   Moscatello, M R ^c   Stefanini, G F ^c,c   Chiesa, R ^c   Donato, F ^c   Tomasoni, V ^c   Guglielmini, V ^c   Manghisi, O G ^c,c   Petruzzi, J ^c,c   Monica, M ^c   Sardi, G F ^c   Ajello, A ^c,c   Freni, M A ^c,c   Spadaro, A ^c,c   Gravina, M ^c   Longo, G ^c,c   Mangano, C ^c   Ascione, A ^c,c   De Luca, M ^c,c   Galeota Lanza, A ^c   Del Vecchio Blanco, G ^c   Federico, A ^c   Loguercio, C ^c,c   Burra, P ^c,c   Mioni, D ^c   Naccarato, R ^c,c   Guarnone, F ^c   Pallavicini, C ^c   Vittadini, G ^c   Del Bove Orlandi, G ^c   Marchionni, F ^c   Rabitti, G ^c   Caracciolo, P ^c   Cincis, M ^c   Giovannone, M ^c   Attili, A ^c   Caione, F ^c   Ercole, C ^c   Festuccia, V ^c   Giandomenico, G ^c   Giusti, A ^c   Grimaldi, A ^c   Iannessi, A ^c   Lepore, A R ^c   Mariani, M ^c   Miccoli, C ^c   Necozione, S ^c   Pantaleo, G ^c   Pozone, M ^c   Rapone, C ^c   Tonietti, G ^c   Tullio, G ^c   Biocca, A ^c   Colitti, L ^c   Cercone, S ^c   Bernardini, E ^c   Bruccoleri, F ^c   Capobianchi, P ^c   Santini, S ^c   Zepponi, E ^c   Cerrato, C ^c   Cerrato, G ^c   Tringali, M ^c   Bruno, A ^c   De Vita, A ^c   Iaquinto, G ^c   Scifo, G ^c   Risicato, R ^c   Altomare, E ^c   Vendemiale, G ^c   Addolorato, G ^c   Gasbarrini, G ^c   Leandro, G ^c   Plantone, F ^c   Belmonte, A ^c   Manno, G ^c   Mollica, A ^c   Sabatino, A ^c   Raimondo, G ^c   Russo, F ^c   Coltorti, M ^c   Del Vecchio Blanco, C ^c   Budillon, G ^c   Cuomo, R ^c   Nardone, G ^c   Di Costanzo, G G ^c   Ambrosone, ^c   Salvagnini, M ^c   Giudici Cipriani, A ^c   Marenco, G ^c   Ponassi, I ^c   Disalvo, D ^c   Beltrami, M ^c   Fornaciari, G ^c   Plancher, A C ^c   Galatola, G ^c   Tabone, M ^c   Brezza, E ^c   D'Alessandro, A ^c   Rizzo, A ^c   more..

^a MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol intake; Attributable risk; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031971262     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(98)80284-5     Document Type: Article

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