Helicobacter pylori, Republic of Georgia [7]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 780-781

  Kretsinger, Katrina ^a   Sobel, Jeremy ^a   Tarkhashvili, Nato ^b   Chakvetadze, Neli ^b   Moistrafishvili, Marina ^b   Sikharulidze, Merab ^b   Gold, Ben D ^a,c   Chubinidze, Marina ^b   Imnadze, Paata ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b National Center for Disease Control   (Georgia)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; GASTRITIS; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HEALTH SURVEY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; PEPTIC ULCER; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 17844376254     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1105.040755     Document Type: Letter

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