Inflammatory bowel disease: Incidence, prevalence, and disease characteristics in Barbados, West Indies

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1419-1424

  Edwards, C N ^a   Griffith, S G ^a   Hennis, A J ^a,b   Hambleton, I R ^b  

^a Queen Elizabeth Hospital   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Incidence rate; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTERITIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BARBADOS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59749102774     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20495     Document Type: Article

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