Relation between infection with Helicobacter pylori and living conditions in childhood: Evidence for person to person transmission in early life

BMJ

Volumn 308, Issue 6931, 1994, Pages 750-

  Webb, P M ^a,b   Knight, T ^a,b   Greaves, S ^a,b   Wilson, A ^a,b   Newell, D G ^a,b   Elder, J ^a,b   Forman, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CROWDING; ENGLAND; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY HEALTH; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOUSING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0028180893     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.308.6931.750     Document Type: Article

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