Worldwide mortality from cirrhosis: An update to 2002

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 827-839

  Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Levi, Fabio ^b   Lucchini, Franca ^b   Zatonski, Witold A ^c   Negri, Eva ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,d  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Mortality; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EASTERN EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ITALY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MORTALITY; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AMERICAS; ASIA; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EUROPE; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34047106689     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2007.01.025     Document Type: Article

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