Helicobacter pylori in the Canadian arctic: Seroprevalence and detection in community water samples

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1823-1829

  McKeown, Iris ^a   Orr, Pamela ^a   Macdonald, Sharon ^a   Kabani, Amin ^a   Brown, Rosemary ^b   Coghlan, Gail ^c   Dawood, Magdy ^d   Embil, John ^a   Sargent, Michael ^a   Smart, Gerry ^d   Bernstein, Charles N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Keewatin Regional Health Board   (Canada)

^c Rh Laboratory   (Canada)

^d CADHAM PROVINCIAL LABORATORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CANADA; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; WATER SAMPLING;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0032977316     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01212.x     Document Type: Article

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