Prevalence and risk factors of Helicobacter pylori infection in healthy schoolchildren

Chinese Journal of Digestive Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-60

  Bani hani, Kamal E ^a   Shatnawi, Nawaf J ^a   El Qaderi, Saleh ^a   Khader, Yousef S ^a   Bani hani, Bayan K ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori; Hygiene; Prevalence; Risk factors; Serology

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; JORDAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE EAST; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33644926131     PISSN: 14439611     EISSN: 14439573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-9573.2006.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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