Environmental risk factors in inflammatory bowel diseases. Investigating the hygiene hypothesis: A Spanish casecontrol study

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1464-1471

  López Serrano, Pilar ^a   Pérez Calle, José L ^a   Pérez Fernández, Maria Teresa ^a   Fernández Font, Juan Manuel ^a   Boixeda De Miguel, Daniel ^b   Fernández Rodríguez, Conrado M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Environmental; Epidemiology; Hygiene hypothesis; Risk factor; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; URBAN AREA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 78649270889     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2010.510575     Document Type: Article

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