Helicobacter pylori infection in the young in Bangladesh: Prevalence, socioeconomic and nutritional aspects

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 894-898

  Mahalanabis, Dilip ^a,b   Rahman, Mohammed M ^a   Sarker, Shafiqul A ^a   Bardhan, Pradip K ^a   Hildebrand, Pius ^c   Beglinger, Chris ^c   Gyr, Klaus ^a  

^a ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Diarrhoea; Helicobacter pylori; Infants; Nutrition; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ACHLORHYDRIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH ACID; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHOEA; DIARRHOEAL DISEASE; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INFECTION RATE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERIURBAN COMMUNITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0029659735     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.4.894     Document Type: Article

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