Hepatitis E, Helicobacter pylori, and gastrointestinal symptoms in workers exposed to waste water

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 622-627

  Jeggli, S ^a   Steiner, D ^a   Joller, H ^b   Tschopp, A ^c   Steffen, R ^d   Hotz, P ^a  

^a Occup and Environ Medicine Unit   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Biostatistics ^*  (Switzerland)

^d Div Epidemiol Prev Communic Dis   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEWAGE; SIBLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH PARIETAL CELL; TRAVEL; WASTE WATER; WORKER;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARIETAL CELLS, GASTRIC; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEWAGE; SWITZERLAND;

HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 3042837944     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.011411     Document Type: Article

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