Occupation, employment status and chronic inflammatory Bowel disease in Denmark

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 630-637

  Bøggild, Henrik ^a   Tüchsen, Finn ^b,c   Ørhede, Elsa ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Ctr Biochem and Occup Epidemiol   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Epidemiology; Hospitalization; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NIGHT WORK; OCCUPATION; OFFICE WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029901290     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.3.630     Document Type: Article

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