The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection among inhabitants and healthy employees of institutes for the intellectually disabled

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1000-1004

  Bohmer C J M ^b   Klinkenberg Knol, E C ^b   Kuipers, E J ^b   Niezen de Boer, M C ^b   Schreuder, H ^b   Schuckink Kool, F ^b   Meuwissen, S G M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; EMPLOYMENT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VOMITING;

EID: 0030922239     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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