Small-area variations and sociodemographic correlates for the incidence of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 328-335

  Blanchard, James F ^a,b   Bernstein, Charles N ^b   Wajda, Andre ^b   Rawsthorne, Patricia ^b  

^a Public Health Branch   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colitis, ulcerative; Crohn disease; Incidence; Inflammatory bowel diseases

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CROHN DISEASE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; SOCIAL STATUS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MANITOBA; RISK FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CANADA;

EID: 0035881202     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/154.4.328     Document Type: Article

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