Fourteen-year study of hospital admissions for diverticular disease in Ontario

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-99

  Warner, Eiran ^a   Crighton, Eric J ^a   Moineddin, Rahim ^b   Mamdani, Muhammad ^a   Upshur, Ross ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diverticulitis; Diverticulosis; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33947249633     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/943460     Document Type: Article

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