The transmission of Helicobacter pylori via exposure to common sources outweighs the person-to-person contact among spouses in developing countries [9]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 317-319

  Akcan, Yusuf ^a,b   Ersan, Sibel ^a   Alper, Murat ^a   Bjcjk, Zerrin ^a   Aytug, Necip ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kültür Mah Namik Kemal Sok   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0033985928     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00781-9     Document Type: Letter

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