Ethnic variations in upper gastrointestinal hospitalizations and deaths: The Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 254-260

  Cezard, Genevieve I ^a   Bhopal, Raj S ^a   Ward, Hester J T ^a,b   Bansal, Narinder ^a,c   Bhala, Neeraj ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCOTLAND; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84966376809     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv182     Document Type: Article

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