Emergence of inflammatory bowel disease 'beyond the West': do prosperity and improved hygiene have a role?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 857-860

  de Silva, H J ^a   de Silva, N R ^a   de Silva, A P ^a   Jewell, D P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Economic development; Helminth infection; Hygiene; Incidence; Inflammatory bowel disease

Indexed keywords

CROHN DISEASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENTERITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

HUMANS; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

VERMES;

EID: 48349146734     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.03.016     Document Type: Review

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