Increasing incidence of inflammatory bowel diseases between 2000 and 2007: A nationwide register study in Finland

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 555-561

  Jussila, Airi ^a,b   Virta, Lauri J ^c   Kautiainen, Hannu ^d,e   Rekiaro, Matti ^c   Nieminen, Urpo ^f   Färkkilä, Martti A ^f  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

^d Central Finland Central Hospital   (Finland)

^e KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; incidence; inflammatory bowel diseases; registries; ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REIMBURSEMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857374257     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.21695     Document Type: Article

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