Same-sex marriage, autoimmune thyroid gland dysfunction and other autoimmune diseases in Denmark 1989-2008

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-71

  Frisch, Morten ^a,b   Nielsen, Nete Munk ^a   Pedersen, Bo Vestergaard ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Denmark; Epidemiology; Graves' disease; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Homosexuality

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENMARK; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LOCALIZED SCLERODERMA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PEMPHIGOID; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PSORIASIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAME-SEX MARRIAGE; THYROID DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896702694     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-013-9869-9     Document Type: Article

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