Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 1-5

  Logan, Robert P H ^a   Hirschl, Alexander M ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIODIVERSITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MOSAICISM; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 85047677507     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001574-199601001-00001     Document Type: Short Survey

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