Helicobacter pylori infection: Further evidence for the role of feco-oral transmission

Helicobacter

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 523-528

  De Schryver, Antoon ^a,b   Van Winckel, Myriam ^c   Cornelis, Kathleen ^a   Moens, Guido ^a,d   Devlies, Gery ^c   De Backer, Guy ^e  

^a EXTERNAL SERVICE FOR PREVENTION AND PROTECTION AT WORK   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Feco oral; Helicobacter pylori; Occupational risk; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FATHERS; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 33750563395     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: 15235378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2006.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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