Helicobacter pylori infection in children: Population-based age-specific prevalence and risk factors in a developing country

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 279-282

  Jafri, W ^a   Yakoob, J ^a   Abid, S ^a   Siddiqui, S ^a   Awan, S ^a   Nizami, S Q ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Age group; Helicobacter pylori; Overcrowding; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROWDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 74349127475     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01542.x     Document Type: Article

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