An Hypothesis: The Dramatic Decline in Heart Attacks in the United States is Temporally Related to the Decline in Duodenal Ulcer Disease and Helicobacter pylori Infection

Helicobacter

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 239-241

  Hughes, William S ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Coronary atherosclerosis; Duodenal ulcer; Helicobacter pylori; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DUODENAL ULCER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SOLDIER;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DUODENAL ULCER; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899044926     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: 15235378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hel.12123     Document Type: Article

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