A population-based study of Helicobacter pylori infection in Chinese children resident in Hong Kong: Prevalence and potential risk factors

Helicobacter

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 219-224

  Tam, Yuk Him ^a   Yeung, Chung Kwong ^a   Lee, Kim Hung ^a   Sihoe, Jennifer Dart Yin ^a   Chan, Kin Wai ^a   Cheung, Sing Tak ^a   Mou, Jennifer Wai Cheung ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Children; Helicobacter pylori; Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; UREA BREATH TEST;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 43449132726     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: 15235378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2008.00603.x     Document Type: Article

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