Prevalence of helicobacter pylori in a first nations population in northwestern ontario

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Sethi, Abhimanyu ^a,b   Chaudhuri, Monica ^b   Kelly, Len ^b   Hopman, Wilma ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; STOMACH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876208761     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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