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International Journal of Circumpolar Health Volume 62, 2003 - Issue 1
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Original Research

Indigenous Greenlanders have a higher sero-prevalence of IgG antibodies to Helicobacter pylori than Danes

Nils MilmanDepartments of Medicine B andCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Keld-Erik BygDepartments of Medicine B and
,
Leif P. AndersenClinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
,
Gert MulvadCenter for Primary Health Care, Nuuk, Greenland.
,
Henning Sloth PedersenCenter for Primary Health Care, Nuuk, Greenland.
&
Peter BjerregaardNational Institute of Public Health, Section for Research in Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pages 54-60 | Published online: 01 Mar 2003

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