Helicobacter pylori profile in asymptomatic farmers and non-farmers

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 449-454

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b,d   Adeyemi, Edward O ^c   Almehdi, Ahmed M ^c   Ameen, Abdulmajeed ^c   Beshwari, Mehra ^c   Benedict, Sheila ^c   Derballa, Moutaz F ^b  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Farmers; Helicobacter pylori; IgG and IgA; Non farmers; Serology

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; CANCER; DISEASE TREATMENT; GASTROENTERITIS; LIFESTYLE; TUMOR;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 33845599920     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120601093428     Document Type: Article

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