Relation of Helicobacter pylori infection to 13-year mortality and incident ischemic heart disease in the Caerphilly Prospective Heart Disease Study

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1286-1290

  Strachan, David P ^a   Mendall, Michael A ^a   Carrington, David ^a   Butland, Barbara K ^a   Yarnell, John W G ^b   Sweetnam, Peter M ^c   Elwood, Peter C ^c  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Heart diseases; Helicobacter pylori; Infection; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHORT STATURE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0032578575     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.13.1286     Document Type: Article

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