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Operative Strategies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Epidemiology is the study of disease occurrence in a population in relation to “time, place, and person” (1). The intention is to generate hypotheses as to its cause and treatment by describing the geographical pattern of the disease, by following time trends of incidence and by describing the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

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  1. Jan Stewénius
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  1. Section of General Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA

    Fabrizio Michelassi MD (Professor and Chief) (Professor and Chief)

  2. Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, 10029, USA

    Jeffrey W. Milsom MD (Professor and Chief) (Professor and Chief)

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Stewénius, J., Lindhagen, T. (1999). Epidemiology. In: Michelassi, F., Milsom, J.W. (eds) Operative Strategies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1396-3_2

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