The incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease among u.s. veterans: A national cohort study

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1059-1064

  Hou, Jason K ^a,b   Kramer, Jennifer R ^a,b   Richardson, Peter ^a,b   Mei, Minghua ^a,b   El Serag, Hashem B ^a,b  

^a VA HSRandD Houston Center of Excellence   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Epidemiology; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENTERITIS; GENDER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84876393542     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MIB.0b013e31828028ca     Document Type: Article

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