Date of birth in the occurrence of inflammatory bowel disease

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-211

  Sonnenberg, Amnon ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth date; Cyclic pattern; Environmental risk factors; Epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease; Hospital statistics; Seasonality of births; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 67649697337     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20730     Document Type: Article

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