Sociocultural and Dietary Practices Among Malay Subjects in the North-Eastern Region of Peninsular Malaysia: A Region of Low Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infection

Helicobacter

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-61

  Lee, Yeong Yeh ^a   Ismail, Ahmad Wazi ^a   Mustaffa, Nazri ^a   Musa, Kamarul Imran ^a   Majid, Noorizan Abdul ^a   Choo, Keng Ee ^a   Mahendra Raj, S ^b   Derakhshan, Mohammad H ^c   Malaty, Hoda M ^d   Graham, David Y ^d  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b Pantai Medical Centre   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary factors; H. pylori; Malays; Malaysia; Prevalence; Sociocultural factors

Indexed keywords

COCONUT OIL; DRINKING WATER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; WELL WATER;

ADULT; ANCHOVY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTENELLA ASIATICA; CHILE; CLOVE; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDOSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD PRESERVATION; HAND WASHING; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEAL; MEDICINAL PLANT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TEA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VEGETABLE;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ENGRAULIDAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 84855365047     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: 15235378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2011.00917.x     Document Type: Article

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