Exposure to severe wartime conditions in early life is associated with an increased risk of irritable bowel syndrome: A population-based cohort study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2250-2256

  Klooker, Tamira K ^a   Braak, Breg ^a   Painter, Rebecca C ^a   De Rooij, Susanne R ^a   Van Elburg, Ruurd M ^b   Van Den Wijngaard, Rene M ^a   Roseboom, Tessa J ^a   Boeckxstaens, Guy E ^a,c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; WAR;

AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 69949167946     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.282     Document Type: Article

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