Alcohol as a gastric disinfectant? The complex relationship between alcohol consumption and current Helicobacter pylori infection

Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 209-214

  Brenner, Hermann ^a,b   Bode, Günter ^b   Adler, Guido ^b   Hoffmeister, Albrecht ^b   Koenig, Wolfgang ^b   Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Alcoholic beverages; Helicobacter pylori; Prevalence study

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBON 13; DISINFECTANT AGENT; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISINFECTANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GERMANY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035110446     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200103000-00013     Document Type: Article

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