Helicobater pylori infection in Turkish preschool and school children: Role of socioeconomic factors and breast feeding

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 114-122

  Ertem, Deniz ^a   Harmanci, Hande ^a   Pehlivanoǧlu, Ender ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Helicobacter pylori; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSPEPSIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UREA BREATH TEST; BREATH ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

BREAST FEEDING; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 0038262876     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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