Epidemiological studies of migration and environmental risk factors in the inflammatory bowel diseases

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1238-1247

  Ko, Yanna ^a   Butcher, Rhys ^a   Leong, Rupert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Environment; Epidemiology; Hygiene hypothesis; Inflammatory bowel disease; Risk factor; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROHN DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE EAST; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

CROHN'S DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROHN DISEASE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893098536     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i5.1238     Document Type: Article

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