Seasonal variations in the onset of ulcerative colitis in Japan

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 47, 2013, Pages 9063-9068

  Koido, Shigeo ^a   Ohkusa, Toshifumi ^a   Saito, Hiroaki ^b   Yokoyama, Tetsuji ^c   Shibuya, Tomoyoshi ^b   Sakamoto, Naoto ^b   Uchiyama, Kan ^a   Arakawa, Hiroshi ^a   Osada, Taro ^b   Nagahara, Akihito ^b   Watanabe, Sumio ^b   Tajiri, Hisao ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese population; Onset; Relapse; Seasonal variations; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RELAPSE; SEASONAL VARIATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

JAPANESE POPULATION; ONSET; RELAPSE; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890911991     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.9063     Document Type: Article

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