The relationship between urban environment and the inflammatory bowel diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Soon, Ing S ^a,b   Molodecky, Natalie A ^a,b   Rabi, Doreen M ^a,b   Ghali, William A ^a,b   Barkema, Herman W ^a,b   Kaplan, Gilaad G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inflammatory bowel disease; Risk factors; Urban population

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84861329106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-12-51     Document Type: Article

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