Rate of Helicobacter pylori Acquisition among Finnish Adults: A 15-Year Follow-up

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-232

  Sipponen, P ^a   Kosunen, T U ^b   Samloff, I M ^b   Heinonen, O P ^b   Siurala, M ^b  

^a JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic gastritis; Epidemiology; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FINLAND; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0029998627     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365529609004871     Document Type: Article

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