Fecoprevalence and determinants of Helicobacter pylori infection among asymptomatic children in Lebanon

Journal Medical Libanais

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 138-144

  Naous, Amal ^a   Al Tannir, Mohamad ^a   Naja, Ziad ^a   Ziade, Fouad ^b   El Rajab, Mariam ^a  

^a MAKASSED GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; LEBANON; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 35549005078     PISSN: 00239852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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