Helicobacter pylori is a major public health priority in western Balkans: An endoscopy referral center experience

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 306-309

  Katsanos, Konstantinos H ^a   Tatsioni, Athina ^a   Tsakiris, Vasileios ^a   Christodoulou, Dimitrios ^a   Tsianos, Epameinondas V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Albania; Balkans; Endoscopy; Greece; Helicobacter pylori; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GREECE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; AGE; ALBANIA; GASTRITIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALBANIA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GREECE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77955314341     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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