No Rise in Incidence but Geographical Heterogeneity in the Occurrence of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis in North East England

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 492-498

  McNally, Richard J Q ^a   James, Peter W ^b   Ducker, Samantha ^b   Norman, Paul D ^b   James, Oliver F W ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

England; environment; etiology; geographic factors; incidence; primary biliary cirrhosis; spatial clustering

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HETEROGENEITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; CASE FINDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING (AREA); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84893235335     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt308     Document Type: Article

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