Helicobacter pylori infection in childhood: Risk factors and effect on growth

BMJ

Volumn 309, Issue 6962, 1994, Pages 1119-

  Patel, P ^a   Mendall, M A ^a   Khulusi, S ^a   Northfield, T C ^a   Strachan, D P ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CHILD; CROWDING; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; SCHOOL; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028171691     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.309.6962.1119     Document Type: Article

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