Gastroenterology
Volume 117, Issue 3 , Pages 632-639 , September 1999

Prevalence and ethnic differences in gallbladder disease in the United States

  • James E. Everhart

      Affiliations

    • Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • Meena Khare

      Affiliations

    • National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland
    • ,
  • Michael Hill

      Affiliations

    • George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
    • ,
  • Kurt R. Maurer

      Affiliations

    • National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland

Received 21 September 1998 ,Accepted 4 June 1999.

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☆ Address requests for reprints to: James E. Everhart, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Natcher Building, Room 6AN-12J, 45 Center Drive, MSC 6600, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-6600. e-mail: vjy@cu.nih.gov.

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Gastroenterology
Volume 117, Issue 3 , Pages 632-639 , September 1999

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