Alcohol Consumption, Serum Gamma-Glutamyltransferase, and Helicobacter Pylori Infection in a Population-Based Study Among 9733 Older Adults

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-128

  Gao, Lei ^a,b   Weck, Melanie N ^a   Stegmaier, Christa ^c   Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^a   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PATHOGEN BIOLOGY   (China)

^c Epidemiological Cancer Registry of Saarland   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol Consumption; Alcoholic Beverage; Gamma Glutamyltransferase; Helicobacter pylori; Population Based

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BEER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WINE;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GERMANY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 73249150360     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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