Sigurdur Ólafsson
Scientist
Gastroenterology
Gothenburg
Sweden
Biography
Sigurdur Ólafsson is a researcher in both Internal Medicine and Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Research Interest
Sigurdur Ólafsson research objectives of this study were to investigate the incidence, aetiology and mortality of liver cirrhosis in Iceland and in Gothenburg in Sweden. Further objectives were prognosis in relation to different aetiologies and to evaluate the relationship between alcohol consumption in these countries and the incidence of alcoholic cirrhosis in recent decades.