Green et al. respond to "Clues to the etiology of inflammatory bowel disease"

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 627-628

  Green, Chris ^a,b   Elliott, Lawrence ^b   Beaudoin, Carole ^a,b   Bernstein, Charles N ^b  

^a Public Health Branch   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BAYES THEOREM; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MIGRATION; NOTE; POPULATION RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 33749005113     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj262     Document Type: Note

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