Inflammatory bowel disease in immigrants to Canada and their children: A population-based cohort study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 553-563

  Benchimol, Eric I ^a,b,c   Mack, David R ^a,b   Guttmann, Astrid ^c,d   Nguyen, Geoffrey C ^c,e   To, Teresa ^c,d   Mojaverian, Nassim ^c   Quach, Pauline ^a,c   Manuel, Douglas G ^c,f,g  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANADA; CARIBBEAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EAST ASIAN; EASTERN EUROPE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MOTHER; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH AMERICAN; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPEAN; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927799698     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2015.52     Document Type: Article

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