Seasonal variations in variceal bleeding mortality and hospitalization in France

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1881-1887

  Hsu, Ronald K ^a   Yu, Andy ^b   Lee, John G ^b   Leung, Joseph W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VARICOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0034971199     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02452-2     Document Type: Article

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