Epidemiology and Clinical Practice -- Some Epidemiological Concepts -- Genetics and the Gut -- Reflux Oesophagitis -- Carcinoma of the Oesophagus -- Peptic Ulcer -- Chronic Gastritis/Gastric Erosions -- Functional Dyspepsia -- Carcinoma of the Stomach -- Coeliac Disease/Celiac Sprue -- Lactase Deficiency -- Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Traveller’s Diarrhoea -- Food Poisoning/Bacterial Infections of the Gut -- Parasitic Diseases of the Gut -- Acute Appendicitis -- Rare and Unusual Syndromes, Polyposis Syndromes and Polyps -- Benign Colorectal Neoplasms - Adenoma -- Malignant Colorectal Neoplasm - Carcinoma -- Ulcerative Colitis -- Microscopic Colitis/Lymphocyte -- Diverticular Disease of the Colon -- Haemorrhoids -- Crohn’s Disease -- Lymphoma -- Acute Pancreatitis -- Chronic Pancreatitis -- Carcinoma of the Pancreas/Malignant Tumours -- Hepatitis A -- Hepatitis B -- Hepatitis C -- Chronic Hepatitis -- Alcoholic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis -- Non Alcoholic Steathohepatitis (NASH) -- Haemochromatosis -- Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- Acute and Chronic Cholecystitis -- Cholelithiasis -- Cholangiocarcinoma -- Alcohol and the Gut -- The Gut in Aids -- The Gut in Systemic Disorders.

This book, written by two experienced clinicians who have both extensively researched and published on aspects of the causation of gastroenterological disease themselves, aims to present a critical, yet up-to-date account of the causation of the common and not so common diseases of the digestive system, both acute and chronic. In addition, they have both trained in clinical epidemiology. Introductory chapters on clinical epidemiology and some epidemiological principles have been provided for those of the readers less conversant with the epidemiological and statistical principles involved. Whilst the text is principally aimed at clinicians, both trained and in training, the authors envisage a role for public health workers and, in an era of growing interplay between medicine and litigation lawyers, a role for those approaching the subject from a forensic viewpoint.