A case-control study of drinking water and dairy products in Crohn's disease - Further investigation of the possible role of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 776-783

  Abubakar, Ibrahim ^a   Myhill, Deborah J ^a   Hart, Andrew R ^a   Lake, Iain R ^b   Harvey, Ian ^a   Rhodes, Jonathan M ^c   Robinson, Richard ^d   Lobo, Alan J ^e   Probert, Christopher S J ^f   Hunter, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Causality; Crohn disease; Dairy products; Mycobacterium paratuberculosis; Water supply

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; DRINKING WATER; ETIOLOGY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH RISK; MEAT; MILK; RISK FACTOR; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DAIRY PRODUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MILK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PASTEURIZATION; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CROHN DISEASE; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33947251126     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk067     Document Type: Article

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