The association between childhood environmental exposures and the subsequent development of Crohn's disease in the Western Cape, South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Basson, Abigail ^a   Swart, Rina ^a   Jordaan, Esme ^a,b   Mazinu, Mikateko ^b   Watermeyer, Gillian ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; PASSIVE SMOKING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; UNPASTEURIZED MILK; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; ODDS RATIO; PASTEURIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; OVIS ARIES;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROHN DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MILK; ODDS RATIO; PASTEURIZATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84918494192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115492     Document Type: Article

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