Place of upbringing in early childhood as related to inflammatory bowel diseases in adulthood: A population-based cohort study in Northern Europe

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 429-437

  Timm, Signe ^a   Svanes, Cecilie ^b   Janson, Christer ^c   Sigsgaard, Torben ^a   Johannessen, Ane ^d   Gislason, Thorarinn ^e,f   Jogi, Rain ^g   Omenaas, Ernst ^b,d   Forsberg, Bertil ^h   Torén, Kjell ^i,j   Holm, Mathias ⁱ   Bråbäck, Lennart ^h   Schlünssen, Vivi ^a,k  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^g TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^h UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^k AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Hygiene hypothesis; Inflammatory bowel disease; Microbial exposure; Rural urban environments; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DENMARK; ESTONIA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84903535006     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-014-9922-3     Document Type: Article

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