Helicobacter pylori colonization is inversely associated with childhood asthma

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 553-560

  Chen, Yu ^a,b   Blaser, Martin J ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DERMATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SEROLOGY; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 48249118401     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590158     Document Type: Article

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