The globalization of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Prevalence and impact on world health

Hepatology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 19-22

  Rinella, Mary ^a   Charlton, Michael ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALLELE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALARIA; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84976519384     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.28524     Document Type: Editorial

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