The association between Helicobacter pylori infection and height in children from an urban community in north-east Brazil

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-61

  Fialho, André M N ^b   Braga, Andréa B C ^b   Queiroz, Dulciene M M ^a   Rodriques, Maria N ^b   Herbster, Isabel D ^b   Braga, Lucia B C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEIGHT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE RESISTANCE; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SHORT STATURE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; UREA BREATH TEST; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREATH ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34447323360     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532807X170510     Document Type: Article

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