Diverticular disease increases and effects younger ages: An epidemiological study of 10-year trends

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 619-627

  Jeyarajah, Santhini ^a   Papagrigoriadis, Savvas ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diverticular disease; Epidemiology; Risk factors; Trends; Younger patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BONE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EAR DISEASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE DIVERTICULOSIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOSE DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THROAT DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIVERTICULUM; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 41949119963     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-008-0446-8     Document Type: Article

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