Risk factors for coronary heart disease and infection with Helicobacter pylori: Meta-analysis of 18 studies

BMJ

Volumn 316, Issue 7138, 1998, Pages 1130-1132

  Danesh, John ^a   Peto, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032507459     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7138.1130     Document Type: Article

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