Prevalence of gallstones in a Brazilian population

International Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-28

  Coelho, Júlio C U ^a,b   Bonilha, Rogério ^a   Pitaki, Sérgio A M ^a   Cordeiro, Rui M V ^a   Salvalaggio, Paolo R O ^a   Bonin, Eduardo A ^a   Hahn, Cristiano G ^a   Soares, Renato V ^a   Milcheski, Dimas A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cholelithiasis; Gallbladder; Gallstones; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLELITHIASIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLELITHIASIS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032611188     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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