The role of domestic hygiene in inflammatory bowel diseases: Hepatitis A and worm infestations

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 561-566

  Hafner, Stefan ^a   Timmer, Antje ^b   Herfarth, Hans ^c   Rogler, Gerhard ^a,d   Schölmerich, Jürgen ^a   Schäffler, Andreas ^a   Ehrenstein, Boris ^a   Jilg, Wolfgang ^a   Ott, Claudia ^a   Strauch, Ulrike G ^a   Obermeier, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Hepatitis A; Hygiene; Ulcerative colitis; Worm infestations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLON CROHN DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEROPREVALENCE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; WORM INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HELMINTHIASIS; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 43449084633     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3282f495dd     Document Type: Article

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