Hygiene hypothesis in inflammatory bowel disease

Annals of Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 189-190

  Saidel Odes, Lisa ^a   Odes, Selwyn ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CROHN DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INNATE IMMUNITY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 84903447570     PISSN: 11087471     EISSN: 17927463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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