The Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Remains High in African American and Hispanic Veterans

Helicobacter

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 305-315

  Nguyen, Theresa ^a,b   Ramsey, David ^a   Graham, David ^a,b   Shaib, Yasser ^b   Shiota, Seiji ^a,b   Velez, Maria ^a,b   Cole, Rhonda ^a,b   Anand, Bhupinderjit ^a,b   Vela, Marcelo ^a,b   El Serag, Hashem B ^a,b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age group; Birth cohort; Helicobacter pylori; Race; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLACK PERSON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HISPANIC; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; VETERAN; ETHNIC GROUP; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VETERANS HEALTH;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84937526504     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: 15235378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hel.12199     Document Type: Article

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