Epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease among an indigent multi-ethnic population in the United States

Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-170

  Malaty, Hoda M ^a,b   Hou, Jason K ^a,b   Thirumurthi, Selvi ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ethnicity; IBD; Indigent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INDIGENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; TREND STUDY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650540410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787023     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/CEG.S14586     Document Type: Article

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