Helicobacter pylori infection in dental professionals: A 6-year prospective study

Helicobacter

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-311

  Matsuda, Reikei ^a   Morizane, Toshio ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dental professionals; Helicobacter pylori; Infection; Prospective cohort study; Risk factor; Sero epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTIST; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL AUXILIARIES; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 23344446349     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2005.00321.x     Document Type: Article

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