Epidemiology of cholelithiasis in southern Italy. Part II: Risk factors

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 585-593

  Misciagna, Giovanni ^a,b   Leoci, Claudio ^a   Guerra, Vito ^a   Chiloiro, Marisa ^a   Elba, Silvana ^a   Petruzzi, José ^a   Mossa, Ascanio ^a   Noviello, Maria R ^a   Coviello, Angelo ^a   Minutolo, Marino Capece ^a   Mangini, Vito ^a   Messa, Caterina ^a   Cavallini, Aldo ^a   De Michele, Giampiero ^a   Giorgio, Italo ^a  

^a Osp Specializzato Gastroenterologia   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Gallstones; Risk factors; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLELITHIASIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLSTONE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT;

EID: 8944244527     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199606000-00017     Document Type: Article

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