Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric carcinoma among Japanese Americans in Hawaii

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 325, Issue 16, 1991, Pages 1132-1136

  Nomura, Abraham ^a   Stemmermann, Grant N ^a   Chyou, po Huang ^a   Kato, Ikuko ^a   Perez Perez, Guillermo I ^b   Blaser, Martin J ^b,c  

^a KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARCINOGENESIS; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STOMACH CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COHORT STUDIES; HAWAII; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; ODDS RATIO; RISK; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0026050956     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199110173251604     Document Type: Article

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