Epidemiology of gallbladder stone disease

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 981-996

  Shaffer, Eldon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

brown pigment stones; cholesterol gallstones; diet; epidemiology; gallbladder disease; metabolic syndrome; obesity; pigment stones; weight loss

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CHOLESTEROL; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ESTROGEN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BILE DUCT STONE; CALORIC INTAKE; CAUCASIAN; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL STONE; COFFEE; CROHN DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GALLBLADDER DYSMOTILITY; GENDER BIAS; GENETIC TRAIT; HEALTH CARE COST; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NUT; OBESITY; PARASITOSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RACE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33751274018     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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