## Abstract Infection with the gastric bacterium __Helicobacter pylori__ (in particular infection with CagAβpositive strains) and smoking have been identified as risk factors for the development of gastric cancer. Both risk factors are typically acquired early in life and prevail over decades if no
Helicobacter pylori infection and the risk of gastric cancer among the Korean population
β Scribed by HAK Y KIM; BYUNG D CHO; WOONG K CHANG; DONG J KIM; YONG B KIM; CHOONG K PARK; HYUNG S SHIN; JAE Y YOO
- Book ID
- 108949406
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 393 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0815-9319
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