The possible causes of the pandemic of peptic ulcer in the late 19th and early 20th century

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 667-669

  Duggan, John M ^a   Duggan, Anne E ^b  

^a Princeton Medical Centre   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULTHOOD; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIETARY FIBER; DUODENUM ULCER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; PANDEMIC; PATHOGENESIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; STOMACH ULCER; STRESS; SUGAR INTAKE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33846058449     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00747.x     Document Type: Article

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