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Diagnosis of alcohol misuse and alcoholic liver disease among patients in the medical emergency admission service of a large urban hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa; a cross sectional study

INTRODUCTION: Uganda is among the top ten consumers of alcohol worldwide though there is little data on alcohol related liver disease. We describe alcohol use, alcohol misuse, and alcoholic liver disease among adults at the emergency admission service of a large urban hospital in Uganda. METHODS: Al...

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Autores principales:	Opio, Christopher Kenneth, Seremba, Emmanuel, Ocama, Ponciano, Lalitha, Rejani, Kagimu, Magid, Lee, William Martens
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	The African Field Epidemiology Network 2013
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3758849/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24009799 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2013.15.23.2040

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