Geographical variation and incidence of inflammatory bowel disease among US women

Gut

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1686-1692

  Khalili, Hamed ^a   Huang, Edward S ^a   Ananthakrishnan, Ashwin N ^a   Higuchi, Leslie ^b   Richter, James M ^a   Fuchs, Charles S ^c,d   Chan, Andrew T ^a,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868710948     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-301574     Document Type: Article

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