Work-related Helicobacter pylori infection among sewage workers in municipal wastewater treatment plants in Belgium

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-97

  Van Hooste, Wim ^a   Charlier, Anne Marie ^a   Rotsaert, Paul ^a   Bulterys, Simon ^a,b   Moens, Guido ^a,b   Van Sprundel, Marc ^c   De Schryver, Antoon ^a,c  

^a EXTERNAL SERVICE FOR PREVENTION AND PROTECTION AT WORK   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEWAGE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WORKER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BELGIUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 76249086529     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.040436     Document Type: Article

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