Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori and length of stay in a nursing home

Helicobacter

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-93

  Regev, Arie ^a   Fraser, Gerald M ^a   Braun, Marius ^a   Maoz, Eran ^a   Leibovici, Lenard ^a   Niv, Yaron ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0033142271     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5378.1999.98640.x     Document Type: Article

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