Association of obesity with hiatal hernia and esophagitis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2840-2844

  Wilson, Louis J ^a   Ma, Wenzhou ^a   Hirschowitz, Basil I ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032841410     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01426.x     Document Type: Article

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