Early determinants of inflammatory bowel disease: Use of two national longitudinal birth cohorts

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-30

  Thompson, Nick P ^a   Montgomery, Scott M ^b   Wadsworth, Mike E J ^c   Pounder, Roy E ^a   Wakefield, Andrew J ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Risk factors; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEASLES; MUMPS; ONSET AGE; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0033969049     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200012010-00006     Document Type: Article

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