Inverse Association Between Helicobacter pylori and Pediatric Asthma in a High-Prevalence Population

Helicobacter

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-35

  Zevit, Noam ^a,b   Balicer, Ran D ^c,d   Cohen, Herman Avner ^b,c   Karsh, Dorit ^c   Niv, Yaron ^b,e   Shamir, Raanan ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Gastritis; Hygiene theory; Prevalence; Urea breath test; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

UREA C 13;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; JEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; UREA BREATH TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 84855411962     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: 15235378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2011.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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