Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in respiratory physicians performing bronchoscopy: A comparison with gastroenterologists using the carbon 13 urea breath test

Helicobacter

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 152-154

  Potts, Lindsay F ^a,b   Lewis, Stephen J ^a   Mountford, Richard A ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; UREA;

EID: 0031216105     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.1997.tb00078.x     Document Type: Article

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