Open AccessRelationship between body mass index and length of hospital stay for gallbladder disease
Author(s) -
Bette Liu,
Angela Balkwill,
Elizabeth Spencer,
V. Beral,
on behalf of the Million Women Study Collaborators
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdn011
Subject(s) - body mass index , gallbladder , medicine , gallbladder disease , disease , public health , general surgery , emergency medicine , pathology
Obesity increases the risk of hospital admission for gallbladder disease but its impact on the length of hospital stay is largely unknown.
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