Prevalence, risk factors and cholecystectomy rates in gallstone disease. Results from a population survey in Germany;Risikofaktoren und operationsraten des Gallensteinleidens: Ergebnisse einer bevölkerungsbezogenen Studie

Medizinische Klinik

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 672-677

  Timmer, Antje ^a   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^a,b   Stegmaier, Christa ^c   Baumgardt Elms, Cornelia ^d   Stang, Andreas ^a   Jahn, Inge ^b   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^c Saarländisches Krebsregister   (Germany)

^d Gesundheit und Soziales   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Cholelithiasis; Epidemiology; Germany; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034671428     PISSN: 07235003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00002084     Document Type: Article

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