Epidemiology of Crohn's disease in Israel: A survey of Israeli kibbutz settlements

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2961-2965

  Niv, Yaron ^a   Abuksis, Galia ^a   Fraser, Gerald M ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COLON CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0032871167     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01371.x     Document Type: Article

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