Helicobacter pylori in out-patients of a general practitioner: Prevalence and determinants of current infection

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-157

  Rothenbacher, D ^a   Bode, G ^a   Winz, T ^a   Berg, G ^a   Adler, G ^a   Brenner, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BREATH TESTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PRACTICE; GERMANY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030666168     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268897007905     Document Type: Article

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