Seasonality of births and childhood inflammatory bowel disease

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 117, Issue 15-16, 2005, Pages 554-557

  Mikulecký, Miroslav ^a,b   Čierna, Iveta ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b I Interna Klinika   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Childhood; Crohn disease; Diabetes mellitus type 1; Environmental factors; Month of birth; Seasonal cycling; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLOVAKIA; TIME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 25144508694     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-005-0391-2     Document Type: Article

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