Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori, incidence of gastric cancer, and peptic ulcer-associated hospitalizations in a Canadian Indian population

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 668-674

  Bernstein, Charles N ^a,b   McKeown, Iris ^a   Embil, John M ^a   Blanchard, James F ^a   Dawood, Magdy ^a   Kabani, Amin ^a   Kliewer, Erich ^a   Smart, Gerry ^a   Coghlan, Gail ^a   MacDonald, Sharon ^a   Cook, Catherine ^a   Orr, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

CagA antigen; Gastric cancer; Helicobacter pylori; Lewis antigens; Native Indians; Peptic ulcer; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; CANCER INCIDENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0032890746     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026689103952     Document Type: Article

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