Are transient environmental agents involved in the cause of primary biliary cirrhosis? Evidence from space-time clustering analysis

Hepatology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1169-1174

  McNally, Richard J Q ^a   Ducker, Samantha ^a   James, Oliver F W ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; UNITED KINGDOM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; ENVIRONMENT; INCIDENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 70350072273     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23139     Document Type: Article

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