Pervasive occult gastrointestinal bleeding in an Alaska native population with prevalent iron deficiency: Role of Helicobacter pylori gastritis

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1135-1139

  Yip, Ray ^a   Limburg, Paul J ^d   Ahlquist, David A ^d   Carpenter, Herschel A ^d   O'Neill, Alice ^e   Kruse, Donn ^e   Stitham, Sean ^e   Gold, Benjamin D ^b,f   Gunter, Elaine W ^c   Looker, Anne C ^g   Parkinson, Alan J ^b   Nobmann, Elizabeth D ^h   Petersen, Kenneth M ^b,h   Ellefson, Mark ⁱ   Schwartz, Samuel ^j  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^h INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

ⁱ Ellefson Analytical Inc   (United States)

^j MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; ESKIMO; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMORRHAGIC GASTRITIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030955413     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.14.1135     Document Type: Article

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