Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in adults in the bahamas

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 662-665

  Carter, F P ^a   Frankson, T ^a   Pintard, J ^a   Edgecombe, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Bahamas; Caribbean; Helicobacter pylori; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SCREENING; SEROPREVALENCE; BLOOD DONOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BAHAMAS; BLOOD DONORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84860818256     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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