Helicobacter pylori determination in non-municipal drinking water and epidemiological findings

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-80

  Krumbiegel, Peter ^a   Lehmann, Irina ^a   Alfreider, Albin ^a   Fritz, Gisela J ^b   Boeckler, David ^a   Rolle Kampczyk, Ulrike ^a   Richter, Matthias ^a   Jorks, Siegfried ^a   Müller, Lutz ^c   Richter, Mattias W ^d   Herbarth, Olf ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c Institute of Public Health of the Federal State Saxony   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C Urea breath test; Children; Drinking water; Epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori; PCR analysis; Wells

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 12144290897     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010310001639868     Document Type: Article

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