Prevalence of and risk factors for Helicobacter pylori infection in the western part of Germany

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-52

  Breuer, Thomas ^a   Sudhop, Thomas ^a   Hoch, Jochen ^a   Sauerbruch, Tilmann ^a   Malfertheiner, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dyspepsia; Epidemiology; Germany; Helicobacter pylori; Logistic regression analysis; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION;

EID: 0029862636     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199601000-00009     Document Type: Article

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