Incidence of and potential risk factors for gallstone disease in a general population sample

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1315-1322

  Halldestam, I ^a   Kullman, E ^a   Borch, K ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SWEDEN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 70350492877     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6687     Document Type: Article

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