Burden of liver disease in Brazil

Liver International

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 844-849

  Nader, Lysandro A ^a   de Mattos, Angelo A ^b   Bastos, Gisele A N ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Liver diseases; Mortality rate; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEPATIC COMA; HEPATITIS A; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-10; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902547112     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/liv.12470     Document Type: Article

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