Incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Primorsko-goranska County, Croatia, 2000-2004: A prospective population-based study

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 437-444

  Sinčić, Brankica Mijandrušić ^a   Vucelić, Boris ^b   Peršić, Mladen ^a   Brnčić, Nada ^a   Eržen, Dubravka Jurišić ^a   Radaković, Bogdan ^c   Mićovic, Vladimir ^d   Štimac, Davor ^a  

^a KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c Public Health Centre Umag   (Croatia)

^d Teaching Institute of Public Health Rijeka   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Crohn' disease; Epidemiology; Incidence; Inflammatory bowel disease; Prospective study; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CROATIA; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROATIA; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33646393251     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520500320094     Document Type: Article

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