Original Contribution A Population-based Ecologic Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Searching for Etiologic Clues
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1 Public Health Branch, Manitoba Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 2 Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 3 Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 4 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical and Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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