A population-based serologic survey of Helicobacter pylori infection in children and adolescents in the United States

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1120-1123

  Staat, Mary A ^a   Kruszon Moran, Deanna ^c   McQuillan, Geraldine M ^c   Kaslow, Richard A ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029907820     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.5.1120     Document Type: Article

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