Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori in New York City populations originating in East Asia

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 510-516

  Perez Perez, Guillermo Ignacio ^a,c   Olivares, Asalia Zuni ^a   Foo, F Yeong ^b   Foo, Sun ^b   Neusy, Andre J ^a   Ng, Christopher ^b   Holzman, Robert S ^a   Marmor, Michael ^a   Blaser, Martin J ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

East Asian; Epidemiology; H. pylori; Immigrants; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE MARKER; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; STOMACH PAIN; UNITED STATES; WHOLE CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 23944466148     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jti093     Document Type: Article

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