GI epidemiology / / edited by Nicholas J. Talley, G. Richard Locke III, Yuri A. Saito

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813168703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., 2007
• ISBN: 1-281-30916-8; 9786611309169; 0-470-69218-9; 0-470-69145-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): TalleyNicholas Joseph; LockeG. Richard, III; SaitoYuri A
• Disciplina: 614.5/93
• Soggetti: Digestive organs - Diseases - Epidemiology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: GI Epidemiology; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Part 1 Gastrointestinal Diseases and Disorders: The Public Health Perspective; 1 The Importance of GI Epidemiology; 2 The Burden of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases; Part 2 Methodological Issues in GI Epidemiology; 3 Overview of Epidemiologic Methodology; 4 Patient-Reported Outcomes; 5 GI Questionnaires; 6 Clinical Trials; 7 Decision Analysis; 8 Health Economics; 9 Systematic Reviews; 10 Meta-analyses; 11 Large Databases for Epidemiologic Studies; 12 Nutritional Epidemiology; 13 Infection Epidemiology and Acute Gastrointestinal Infections 14 Genetic Epidemiology; 15 A Career in GI Epidemiology; 16 Funding Opportunities at the National Institutes of Health; Part 3 Epidemiology of Specific GI Diseases; 17 GERD, Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Cancer; 18 Helicobacter pylori Infection, Peptic Ulcer Disease and Gastric Cancer; 19 Dyspepsia; 20 Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding; 21 Celiac Disease; 22 Measuring Utilization of Colonoscopy in Clinical Practice; 23 Colorectal Carcinoma; 24 Irritable Bowel Syndrome; 25 Constipation; 26 Infectious Diarrhea; 27 Inflammatory Bowel Disease 28 Fecal Incontinence; 29 Gallstones; 30 Pancreatitis; 31 Pancreatic Cancer; 32 Alcoholic Liver Disease; 33 Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma; 34 Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; 35 Hepatitis B and C; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Authoritative new text from the experts in GI population studies This book covers both key methodological issues and the most important information in the field, disease by disease. It focuses on population-based information and studies looking at principles and approaches to diagnosis and treatment of diseases. GI Epidemiology brings together world authorities in multiple disciplines for the very first time, to create one clear and comprehensive source. The bulk of the chapters are divided into two parts, covering methodological issues and the epidemio