A prospective epidemiologic study of Crohn's disease in Heraklion, Crete: Incidence over a 5-year period

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 599-603

  Manousos, O N ^a   Koutroubakis, I ^b   Potamianos, S ^b   Roussomoustakaki, M ^b   Gourtsoyiannis, N ^b   Vlachonikolis, I G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; incidence; inflammatory bowel disease; prospective studies

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029934539     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365529609009134     Document Type: Article

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