Incidence, aetiology and mortality rate of acute pancreatitis over 10 years in a defined urban population in Sweden

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 465-470

  Appelros, S ^a   Borgstrom A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHILD; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032963092     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.01049.x     Document Type: Article

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