Seroprevalences of Helicobacter pylori infection and chronic atrophic gastritis in the United Republic of Tanzania and the Dominican Republic

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 170-175

  Aoki, Kazuo ^a   Kihaile, Paul E ^a   Castro, Mercedes ^b   Disla, Mildre ^b   Nyambo, Thomas B ^c   Misumi, Junichi ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Dominican Rep Amity M E C ^*  (Dominican Republic)

^c Faculty of Medicine Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Chronic atrophic gastritis; Dominican Republic; Gastric cancer; Helicobacter pylori; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PEPSINOGEN I; PEPSINOGEN II;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; TANZANIA; TROPICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 3843056614     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.9.170     Document Type: Review

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