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Original Article

Rate of Helicobacter pylori Acquisition among Finnish Adults A 15-Year Follow-up

P. Sipponen Dept. of Pathology, Jorvi Hospital, Espoo, and Dept. of Bacteriology and Immunology and Dept. of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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T. U. Kosunen Dept. of Pathology, Jorvi Hospital, Espoo, and Dept. of Bacteriology and Immunology and Dept. of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Dept. of Pathology, Jorvi Hospital, Espoo, and Dept. of Bacteriology and Immunology and Dept. of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Medical Center, VA, SepulvedaCalifornia, USA
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I. M. Samloff Dept. of Pathology, Jorvi Hospital, Espoo, and Dept. of Bacteriology and Immunology and Dept. of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Dept. of Pathology, Jorvi Hospital, Espoo, and Dept. of Bacteriology and Immunology and Dept. of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Medical Center, VA, SepulvedaCalifornia, USA
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O. P. Heinonen Dept. of Pathology, Jorvi Hospital, Espoo, and Dept. of Bacteriology and Immunology and Dept. of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Dept. of Pathology, Jorvi Hospital, Espoo, and Dept. of Bacteriology and Immunology and Dept. of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Medical Center, VA, SepulvedaCalifornia, USA
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M. Siurala Dept. of Pathology, Jorvi Hospital, Espoo, and Dept. of Bacteriology and Immunology and Dept. of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Dept. of Pathology, Jorvi Hospital, Espoo, and Dept. of Bacteriology and Immunology and Dept. of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Medical Center, VA, SepulvedaCalifornia, USA
Pages 229-232 | Received 14 Jun 1995, Accepted 14 Aug 1995, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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