Helicobacter pylori infection and mortality from ischaemic heart disease: Negative result from a large, prospective study

BMJ

Volumn 315, Issue 7117, 1997, Pages 1199-1201

  Wald, N J ^a   Law, M R ^a   Morris, J K ^a   Bagnall, A M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030724083     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7117.1199     Document Type: Article

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