Helicobacter pylori infection, garlic intake and precancerous lesions in a Chinese population at low risk of gastric cancer

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 941-944

  You, Wei Cheng ^a,b   Zhang, Lian ^b   Gail, Mitchell H ^a   Ma, Jun Ling ^c   Chang, Yun Sheng ^c   Blot, William J ^d   Li, Ji You ^b   Zhao, Cai Lin ^e   Liu, Wei Dong ^f   Li, Hui Qing ^g   Hu, Yuan Reng ^h   Bravo, Juan Carlos ⁱ   Correa, Pelayo ⁱ   Xu, Guang Wei ^a   Fraumeni Jr , Joseph F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^c Weifang Blood Center   (China)

^d INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Cangshan Public Health Bureau   (China)

^f Linqu Public Health Bureau   (China)

^g SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG FIRST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h WESTAT   (United States)

ⁱ LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Garlic; Helicobacter pylori; High and low risk; Precancerous gastric lesions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

CANCER; DIET; HEALTH RISK;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GARLIC; GASTROSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHINA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GARLIC; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

CHINA;

EID: 0032427447     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.6.941     Document Type: Article

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