Transmission of Helicobacter pylori

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 882, 1999, Pages 198-200

  Stone, Margaret A ^a,b  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

AGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH MUCOSA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0033046948     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.882.198     Document Type: Short Survey

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