Risk of inflammatory bowel disease in first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden: A nationwide follow-up study

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1784-1791

  Li, Xinjun ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^a,b   Hemminki, Kari ^a,c   Sundquist, Kristina ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; incidence; migrants; risk factors; Sweden; ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT EFFECT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960276599     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.21535     Document Type: Article

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