Smoking, alcohol and coffee consumption, and H pylori infection

BMJ

Volumn 316, Issue 7136, 1998, Pages 1019-

  Luzza, Francesco ^a   Imeneo, Maria ^a   Maletta, Maria ^a   Pallone, Francesco ^a   Quartero, A O ^b   de Wit, N J ^b   Brenner, Hermann ^c   Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^c   Bode, Gunter ^c   Adler, Guido ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COFFEE; FLUID INTAKE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COFFEE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; ITALY; RURAL HEALTH; SMOKING; WINE;

EID: 0032574486     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7136.1019     Document Type: Letter

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