Changing incidence of acute appendicitis and nonspecific abdominal pain between 1987 and 2007 in Finland

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 731-738

  Ilves, Imre ^a   Paajanen, Hannu E K ^a,b   Herzig, Karl Heinz ^a,c   Fagerström, Anne ^a   Miettinen, Pekka J ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b MIKKELI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952194394     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-011-0988-8     Document Type: Article

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