Commentary: The relation of obesity, reflux and its implications

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 650-651

  Dixon, A ^a   Jankowski, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BODY MASS;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERADICATION THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX RATIO; SMOKING CESSATION; STOMACH PH; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AGE FACTORS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0041883755     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg227     Document Type: Article

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