Dramatic decline of acute appendicitis in Greece over 30 years: Index of improvement of socioeconomic conditions or diagnostic aids?

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-84

  Papadopoulos, A A ^a   Polymeros, D ^a   Kateri, M ^b   Tzathas, C ^a   Koutras, M ^b   Ladas, S D ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis, Greece; Acute appendicitis, incidence, decrease

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FATALITY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 37349061811     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109393     Document Type: Article

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