Open AccessEpidemiological trends and geographic variation in hospital admissions for diverticulitis in the United States
Author(s) -
Geoffrey C. Nguyen,
Justina Sam,
Nitasha Anand
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v17.i12.1600
Subject(s) - diverticulitis , medicine , epidemiology , incidence (geometry) , etiology , young adult , demography , cohort , geographic variation , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , environmental health , population , sociology , physics , optics
To characterize the increasing incidence and geographic variation of acute diverticulitis.