Helicobacter pylori and the birth cohort effect: Evidence of a continuous decrease of infection rates in childhood

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1480-1482

  Roosendaal, Robert ^a   Kuipers, Ernst J ^a   Buitenwerf, Johannes ^b   Van Uffelen, Cees ^c   Meuwissen, Stephan G M ^d   Van Kamp, Gerard J ^d   Vandenbroucke Grauls, Christina M J E ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Vrije Universiteit ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; COHORT EFFECT; COHORT STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FORECASTING; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INCIDENCE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0030864984     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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