Military history of patients with inflammatory bowel disease: An epidemiological study among U.S. veterans

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1457-1462

  Delcò, Fabiola ^a   Sonnenberg, Amnon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON CROHN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SOLDIER; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 0032173243     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(98)00344-X     Document Type: Article

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