Incidence of inflammatory bowel disease across Europe: Is there a difference between north and south? Results of the European collaborative study on inflammatory bowel disease (EC-IBD)

Gut

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 690-697

  Shivananda, S ^a   Lennard Jones, J ^b   Logan, R ^b   Fear, N ^b   Price, A ^b   Carpenter, L ^b   Van Blankenstein, M ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Epidemiology; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0030451868     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.39.5.690     Document Type: Article

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