Is Helicobacter pylori really the cause of gastric cancer?

Seminars in Cancer Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 275-283

  Nyrén, Olof ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic studies; Helicobacter pylori; Stomach neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0031771923     PISSN: 1044579X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scbi.1998.0074     Document Type: Article

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