Active infection with Helicobacter pylori in an asymptomatic population of middle aged to elderly people

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 297-303

  Rothenbacher, D ^a   Bode, G ^a   Peschke, F ^a   Berg, G ^a   Adler, G ^a   Brenner, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREATH ANALYSIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031816629     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898008644     Document Type: Article

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