Survey of general practitioners' knowledge about Helicobacter pylori infection

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Canbaz, Sevgi ^a   Sunter, Ahmet Tevfik ^a   Peksen, Yildiz ^a   Leblebicioglu, Hakan ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RANITIDINE BISMUTH CITRATE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSICIAN;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 25444444205     PISSN: 1471230X     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-5-4     Document Type: Article

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