Alcoholic cirrhosis in Denmark - Population-based incidence, prevalence, and hospitalization rates between 1988 and 2005: A descriptive cohort study

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jepsen, Peter ^a   Vilstrup, Hendrik ^a   Sørensen, Henrik T ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DENMARK; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 41549100580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-8-3     Document Type: Article

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