Upper socioeconomic status is associated with lower Helicobacter pylori infection rate among patients undergoing gastroscopy | Zendy

Tan Attila | Zendy; Müjdat Zeybel | Zendy; Yeşim Esen Yiğit | Zendy; Bülent Baran | Zendy; Emel Ahıshalı | Zendy; Emrah Alper | Zendy; Fatih Aslan | Zendy; Önder Ergönül | Zendy; Zeynel Mungan | Zendy

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Upper socioeconomic status is associated with lower Helicobacter pylori infection rate among patients undergoing gastroscopy

Author(s) -

Tan Attila,

Müjdat Zeybel,

Yeşim Esen Yiğit,

Bülent Baran,

Emel Ahıshalı,

Emrah Alper,

Fatih Aslan,

Önder Ergönül,

Zeynel Mungan

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.11877

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , helicobacter pylori , helicobacter pylori infection , medicine , gastroenterology , infection rate , surgery , environmental health , population

Socioeconomic factors play an important role in the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection. The aim of this study is to investigate HP prevalence among symptomatic patients in the upper socioeconomic segment of the population undergoing gastroscopy in an endemic urban region.

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