Inflammatory bowel disease in Iceland, 1980-89: A retrospective nationwide epidemiologic study

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-77

  Bjornsson S ^a   Johannsson, J H ^b   Oddsson, E ^b  

^a Reykjavik City Hospital   (Iceland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Epidemiology; Iceland; Incidence; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; SCREENING; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031891891     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365529850166239     Document Type: Article

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