Sex differences in coeliac disease risk: A Swedish sibling design study

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 909-913

  Wingren, Carl Johan ^a,b,c   Agardh, Daniel ^a,c   Merlo, Juan ^a,b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Coeliac disease; Epidemiology; Risk factors; Sex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SWEDEN;

CAUSALITY; CELIAC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84866975617     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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