Burden of Alcoholic Liver Disease: Bhutan Scenario

Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is one of the major public health problems in Bhutan. The incidence of alcohol liver diseases (per 10,000 populations) in the year 2016 was 46. The burden of mortality associated with it is alarming, going by the size of the population of the country. It is one of the a...

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Autor principal: Wangchuk, Pelden
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29963471
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1267
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description Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is one of the major public health problems in Bhutan. The incidence of alcohol liver diseases (per 10,000 populations) in the year 2016 was 46. The burden of mortality associated with it is alarming, going by the size of the population of the country. It is one of the all-time top five killer diseases in the country. In 2016, the mortality attributable to alcohol liver disease was 184 corresponding to 97% of deaths due to reported liver diseases. The ALD is responsible for 15% of all deaths on an average in the last 3 years. How to cite this article: Wangchuk P. Burden of Alcoholic Liver Disease: Bhutan Scenario. Euroasian J Hepato-Gastroenterol 2018;8(1):81-82.
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spelling pubmed-60240372018-06-30 Burden of Alcoholic Liver Disease: Bhutan Scenario Wangchuk, Pelden Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol Mini-Review Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is one of the major public health problems in Bhutan. The incidence of alcohol liver diseases (per 10,000 populations) in the year 2016 was 46. The burden of mortality associated with it is alarming, going by the size of the population of the country. It is one of the all-time top five killer diseases in the country. In 2016, the mortality attributable to alcohol liver disease was 184 corresponding to 97% of deaths due to reported liver diseases. The ALD is responsible for 15% of all deaths on an average in the last 3 years. How to cite this article: Wangchuk P. Burden of Alcoholic Liver Disease: Bhutan Scenario. Euroasian J Hepato-Gastroenterol 2018;8(1):81-82. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2018 2018-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6024037/ /pubmed/29963471 http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1267 Text en Copyright © 2018; Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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