Helicobacter pylori and lung function, asthma, atopy and allergic disease - A population-based cross-sectional study in adults

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 419-426

  Fullerton, Donna ^a   Britton, John R ^b   Lewis, Sarah A ^b   Pavord, Ian D ^c   Mckeever, Tricia M ^b   Fogarty, Andrew W ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; COPD; Helicobacter pylori; Lung function

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ASTHMA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEROLOGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GREAT BRITAIN; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SOCIAL CLASS; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 64349117163     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn348     Document Type: Article

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