Insignificant seasonal and geographical variation in incidence of biliary atresia in Japan: a regional survey of over 20 years

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2090-2092

  Wada, Hidemi ^a   Muraji, Toshihiro ^a   Yokoi, Akiko ^a   Okamoto, Tatsuya ^a   Sato, Shiiki ^a   Takamizawa, Shigeru ^a   Tsugawa, Jiro ^a   Nishijima, Eiji ^a  

^a KOBE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Clustering; Seasonality; Time space clustering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BILIARY ATRESIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; POPULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 36849010647     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.08.035     Document Type: Article

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