Diverticular disease in Scotland: 2000-2010

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 329-334

  Paterson, H M ^a   Arnott, I D ^a   Nicholls, R J ^b   Clark, D ^c   Bauer, J ^c   Bridger, P C ^c   Crowe, A M ^d   Knight, A D ^e   Hodgkins, P ^f   Solomon, D ^g   Dunlop, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^d Corvus Communications Limited ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e Somerset House   (United Kingdom)

^f Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research at Shire Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

^g SHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diverticulosis; Epidemiology; Morbidity; Mortality; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; COLON RESECTION; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLONOSCOPY; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84925016500     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12811     Document Type: Article

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