Epidemiology of fatty liver in an islander population of China: A population-based case-control study

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-378

  Dai, Hui Fen ^a   Shen, Zhe ^a   Yu, Chao Hui ^a   Zhang, Xi Cheng ^a   Li, You Ming ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Epidemiology; Fatty liver; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49749096758     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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