Serological evidence of Helicobacter pylori infection in UK South Asian and European populations: Implications for gastric cancer and coronary heart disease

Journal of Infection

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 168-174

  Fischbacher, Colin M ^a   Blackwell, C C ^b,c   Bhopal, R ^a,d   Ingram, R ^c   Unwin, N C ^d   White, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Ethnicity; Helicobacter pylori; South Asians

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRITISH ASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 1642423726     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(03)00127-0     Document Type: Article

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