Frequency of peptic ulcer disease during and after Ramadan in a United Arab Emirates hospital

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 105-111

  Bener, Abari ^a,b   Derbala, M F ^b   Al Kaabi, S ^b   Taryam, L O ^a   Al Ameri, M M ^a   Al Muraikhi, N M ^a   Al Mansoor, T M ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIULCER AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PEPTIC ULCER; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULCER PERFORATION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANOREXIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FASTING; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISLAM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PEPTIC ULCER; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 33748424266     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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