Transmission of Helicobacter pylori

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 8-12

  Feldman, Roger A ^a   Eccersley, A James P ^a   Hardie, Jeremy M ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; PATHOGENESIS; RESERVOIR; SECRETIONS; SHORT SURVEY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0030810684     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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