Childhood hygiene is associated with the risk for inflammatory bowel disease: A population-based study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1775-1782

  Klement, Eyal ^b   Lysy, Joseph ^a   Hoshen, Moshe ^b   Avitan, Merav ^c   Goldin, Eran ^a   Israeli, Eran ^a,c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ENTERITIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; ISRAEL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

BIRTH ORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; ISRAEL; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 50649095723     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01905.x     Document Type: Article

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