Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 376-386, February 2009

Burden of Digestive Diseases in the United States Part I: Overall and Upper Gastrointestinal Diseases

  • James E. Everhart

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: James E. Everhart, MD, MPH, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 2 Democracy Plaza, Room 655, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, MSC 5450, Bethesda, MD 20892-5450. fax: 301-480-8300
    • ,
  • Constance E. Ruhl

Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland; Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland

published online 05 January 2009.

Introduction to Series

Digestive, liver, and pancreatic diseases have a far-reaching medical, economic, social, and political impact on society in the United States and worldwide. We believe it is important to highlight salient features as well as key tables/figures from the Burden of Digestive Diseases in the United States report developed as part of the National Commission on Digestive Diseases of the National Institutes of Health. The commission was created, in part, due to the advocacy efforts of the AGA.

Divided into three segments, this series, spanning consecutive issues in Gastroenterology, will be informative and illuminating. The series will provide investigators, clinicians, and other readers with the necessary tools to generate new hypotheses, craft new directions of broad-based and integrated research, and make informed clinical conclusions.

Hashem B. El-Serag, Associate Editor

Anil K. Rustgi, Editor

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 The authors disclose the following: Supported by HHS contracts N267200612918C and N267200700001G.

 The authors disclose no conflicts.

PII: S0016-5085(08)02192-6

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2008.12.015

Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 376-386, February 2009

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