Use of chopsticks for eating and Helicobacter priori infection

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1173-1176

  Leung, Wai keung ^a   Sung, Joseph J Y ^b   Ling, Thomas K W ^b   Kris, Siu L K ^b   Cheng, Augustine F B ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Polymerase chain reaction; Saliva; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SINGLE BREATH NITROGEN TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; COOKING AND EATING UTENSILS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA;

EID: 0033059172     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026632408804     Document Type: Article

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