Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection among low socio-economic workers

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 179-184

  Bener, A ^a,b   Uduman, S A ^a   Ameen, A ^a   Alwash, R ^c   Pasha, M A H ^c   Usmani, M A ^a   AI Naili, S R ^a   Amiri, K M A ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^c Ministry of Health United Arab Emirates   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCING CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EDUCATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; WORKER; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HYGIENE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYGIENE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 1242332469     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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