Incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Italy: A nationwide population-based study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1044-1052

  Tragnone, Antonella ^a   Corrao, Giovanni ^b   Miglio, Federico ^c   Caprilli, Renzo ^d   Lanfranchi, Giorgio Assuero ^a   Venerato, S ^e   Elmi, G ^e   D'Albasio, G ^e   Paladini, I ^e   Salvadori, G ^e   Trallori, G ^e   Valpiani, D ^e   Rosoni, R ^e   Ferrau O ^e   Mastronardi, M ^e   Rigo, G P ^e   Gagliardi, G ^e   Riegler, G ^e   Di Leo, V ^e   D'Inca R ^e   Sturniolo, G ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Malpighi Hospital   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^e Università di Bologna ^*

Author keywords

Capture recapture method; Crohn's disease; Incidence; Inflammatory bowel disease; Italy; Poisson regression model; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 10244260347     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.5.1044     Document Type: Article

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