Prevalence and predictors of Helicobacter pylori infection in children and adults from the Penan ethnic minority of Malaysian Borneo

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 444-450

  Huang, Simon Siong Sing ^a   Hassan, Abdul Karim Russ ^a   Keng, Ee Choo ^a   Ibrahim, Mohamad Iswandy ^a   Davis, Timothy M E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BORNEO; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FECES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALAYSIA; MALE; SANITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 7644223945     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.444     Document Type: Article

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