Significant decrease in prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in the Czech Republic

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 32, 2012, Pages 4412-4418

  Bureš, Jan ^a   Kopáčová, Marcela ^a   Koupil, Ilona ^b   Seifert, Bohumil ^a   Fendrichová, Miluška Škodová ^a   Špirková, Jana ^a   Voříšek, Viktor ^a   Rejchrt, Stanislav ^a   Douda, Tomáš ^a   Král, Norbert ^a   Tachecí, Ilja ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Decline of prevalence; Epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; UREA BREATH TEST; WIDOW;

EID: 84867730564     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i32.4412     Document Type: Article

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