Prevalence of cirrhosis registered in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 93, Issue SUPPL 2, 2010, Pages

  Rattanamongkolgul, Suthee ^a   Wongjitrat, Chatchawan ^a   Puapankitcharoen, Pichet ^b  

^a SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Age standardized rates; Alcoholic cirrhosis; Cirrhosis; Nakhon nayok; Non alcoholic cirrhosis; Prevalence; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; THAILAND;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952273342     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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