Environmental Hygiene and Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2191-2199

  Cholapranee, Aurada ^a   Ananthakrishnan, Ashwin N ^b,c  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; farm; hygiene; inflammatory bowel disease; pets; toilet; ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ARTICLE; BED SHARING; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ETHNICITY; FARM ANIMAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PET ANIMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ANIMAL; ETHNIC GROUP; HYGIENE; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; SANITATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; PETS; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84983666568     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000852     Document Type: Article

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