Diverticular disease of the colon - On the rise: A study of hospital admissions in England between 1989/1990 and 1999/2000

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1189-1195

  Kang, J Y ^a   Hoare, J ^b   Tinto, A ^b   Subramanian, S ^a   Ellis, C ^b   Majeed, A ^c   Melville, D ^a   Maxwell, J D ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COLON DISEASE; DIVERTICULOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL RISK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0038189724     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.2003.01551.x     Document Type: Article

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