Ethnic Variation in the Annual Rates of Adult Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Hospitalized Patients in Vancouver, British Columbia | Zendy

Birinder Mangat | Zendy; Chad Evaschesen | Zendy; Tim Lee | Zendy; Eric M. Yoshida | Zendy; Baljinder Salh | Zendy

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Ethnic Variation in the Annual Rates of Adult Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Hospitalized Patients in Vancouver, British Columbia

Author(s) -

Birinder Mangat,

Chad Evaschesen,

Tim Lee,

Eric M. Yoshida,

Baljinder Salh

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

canadian journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2291-2797

pISSN - 2291-2789

DOI - 10.1155/2011/640920

Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , ethnic group , ulcerative colitis , demographics , disease , crohn's disease , population , demography , retrospective cohort study , environmental health , sociology , anthropology

There is currently little available information regarding the impact of ethnicity on the clinical features of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Migrating populations and changing demographics in Vancouver, British Columbia (BC) provide a unique opportunity to examine the role of ethnicity in the prevalence, expression and complications of IBD.

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