The effect of alcohol, tobacco and caffeine consumption and vegetarian diet on gallstone prevalence

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1345-1351

  Walcher, Thomas ^a   Haenle, Mark Martin ^a   Mason, Richard Andrew ^b   Koenig, Wolfgang ^a   Imhof, Armin ^a   Kratzer, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol drinking; caffeine; cholecystolithiasis; tobacco ultrasonography; vegetarian diet

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TOBACCO; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEVERAGES; CAFFEINE; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049299595     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32833efdb2     Document Type: Article

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