Sibship size, Helicobacter pylori infection and chronic atrophic gastritis: A population-based study among 9444 older adults from Germany

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-134

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

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b Epidemiological Cancer Registry of Saarland   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic atrophic gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; Sibship size

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PEPSINOGEN I; PEPSINOGEN II; PEPSINOGEN;

DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ELDERLY POPULATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; BLOOD; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS;

GERMANY; SAARLAND;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GASTRITIS, ATROPHIC; GERMANY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPSINOGEN A; PEPSINOGEN C; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77952300584     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp250     Document Type: Article

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