Gender-related and city- and countryside-related differences in patients with ulcerative colitis in a Chinese population

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 2103-2107

  Bai, Aiping ^a   Guo, Yuan ^a   Shen, Yuhuan ^b   Xie, Yong ^a   Lu, Nonghua ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Gastroenterology   (China)

Author keywords

City and countryside; Gender; Lifestyle; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHINESE; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61749100814     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1580     Document Type: Article

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