Descriptive epidemiology of chronic liver disease in northeastern Italy: An analysis of multiple causes of death

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Fedeli, Ugo ^a   Schievano, Elena ^a   Lisiero, Manola ^a   Avossa, Francesco ^a   Mastrangelo, Giuseppe ^b   Saugo, Mario ^a  

^a SER Epidemiological Department   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver disease; Hepatitis C; Liver cirrhosis; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CERTIFICATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; MORTALITY RISK;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE;

ITALY; VENETO;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84885167155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-11-20     Document Type: Article

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