Emigration to western industrialized countries: A risk factor for developing inflammatory bowel disease

Journal of Crohn's and Colitis

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 566-569

  Barreiro de Acosta, M ^a,b   Alvarez Castro, A ^a,b   Souto, R ^a,b   Iglesias, M ^b   Lorenzo, A ^a   Dominguez Munoz J E ^a,b  

^a University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

^b Foundation for Research in Digestive Diseases (FIENAD)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emigration; Epidemiology; Industrialized countries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82255186408     PISSN: 18739946     EISSN: 18764479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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