Diet and risk of diverticular disease

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7817, 2011, Pages

  Humes, David J ^a   West, Joe ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON FISTULA; COLON PERFORATION; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETARIAN DIET; RISK FACTOR;

DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY FIBER; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79960960435     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d4115     Document Type: Editorial

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