Birth-cohort phenomenon in the time trends of mortality from ulcerative colitis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 359-366

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

^a VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Colitis, ulcerative; Environmental exposure; Geography; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Mortality; Risk factors; Time factors

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033567208     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010015     Document Type: Article

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