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Clues from Epidemiology

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In this chapter I first consider the evidence that the prevalence of gallstones in a population is not immutable, a proposition which implies that gallstones are preventable. I then look at the scope for prevention in terms of modifiable risk factors, and in terms of those eating and drinking habits which have been linked with gallstones themselves or with lithogenic bile.

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Heaton, K.W. (1988). Clues from Epidemiology. In: Northfield, T., Jazrawi, R., Zentler-Munro, P. (eds) Bile Acids in Health and Disease. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1249-6_10

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