Ethnic variation in the annual rates of adult inflammatory bowel disease in hospitalized patients in Vancouver, British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-77

  Mangat, Birinder K ^a   Evaschesen, Chad ^a   Lee, Tim ^b   Yoshida, Eric M ^a   Salh, Baljinder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Ethnicity; Hospitalization; IBD; UC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CROHN DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERITIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; COLITIS; ETHNOLOGY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COLITIS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79956217561     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/640920     Document Type: Article

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