Hospitalizations are increasing among minority patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 204-207

  Sewell, Justin L ^a   Yee Jr , Hal F ^a   Inadomi, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Epidemiology; General clinical; Minority studies; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73949104671     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.21008     Document Type: Article

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