Prevalence of helicobacter pylori infection in children in the bahamas

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Carter, F ^a   Seaton, T ^b   Yuan, Y ^b   Armstrong, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bahamas; Children; Helicobacter pylori; Prevalence; Urea breath test

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13;

ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; UREA BREATH TEST;

EID: 84872547450     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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