Childhood hygienic practice and family education status determine the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Iran

Helicobacter

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-46

  Nouraie, Mehdi ^a   Latifi Navid, Saeid ^a,b   Rezvan, Houri ^c   Radmard, Amir Reza ^a   Maghsudlu, Mahtab ^c   Zaer Rezaii, Hanieh ^a   Amini, Sadigheh ^c   Siavoshi, Farideh ^d   Malekzadeh, Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c IRANIAN BLOOD TRANSFUSION ORGANIZATION   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Childhood; Education; H. pylori infection; Iran; Sanitary indications

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 58449083012     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: 15235378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2009.00657.x     Document Type: Article

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