Helicobacter pylori infection: Seroprevalence and predictors among healthy individuals in Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-45

  Hanafi, Manal I ^a,b   Mohamed, Aida M ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Helicobacter pylori; Lifestyle; Seroprevalence; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84876276393     PISSN: 00132446     EISSN: 2090262X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.EPX.0000427043.99834.a4     Document Type: Article

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