The effect of intra-gastric activity and flora on the concentration of N-nitroso compounds in the stomach

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-173

  Viani, Francesco ^a,h   Siegrist, Hans H ^b   Pignatelli, Brigitte ^c   Cederberg, Christer ^d   Idström, Jan Peter ^d   Verdu, Elena F ^e   Fried, Michael ^f   Blum, André L ^a   Armstrong, David ^g  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Neuchâtel Inst of Microbiol   (Switzerland)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h Division de Gastro enterologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gastric bacterial overgrowth; Hypochlorhydria; N nitroso compounds; Nitrites

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; OMEPRAZOLE;

ACHLORHYDRIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH PH;

EID: 0034080764     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200012020-00006     Document Type: Article

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