H. pylori-infection and antibody immune response in a rural Tanzanian population

Infectious Agents and Cancer

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Mbulaiteye, Sam M ^a   Gold, Benjamin D ^b   Pfeiffer, Ruth M ^a   Brubaker, Glen R ^c,d   Shao, John ^a   Biggar, Robert J ^a   Hisada, Michie ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Shirati Hospital ^*

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

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EID: 34248163350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17509378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-9378-1-3     Document Type: Article

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