Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 122-128 , February 2010

Alcohol Consumption, Serum Gamma-Glutamyltransferase, and Helicobacter Pylori Infection in a Population-Based Study Among 9733 Older Adults

  • Lei Gao, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
    • Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Lei Gao and Hermann Brenner, Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Bergheimer Str. 20, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany. Tel.: +49-6221-548152; Fax: +49-6221-548142.
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  • Melanie N. Weck, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Christa Stegmaier, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiological Cancer Registry of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany
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  • Dietrich Rothenbacher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Hermann Brenner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Lei Gao and Hermann Brenner, Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Bergheimer Str. 20, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany. Tel.: +49-6221-548152; Fax: +49-6221-548142.

Received 1 September 2009 ,Accepted 10 November 2009.

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 This study was supported by the Baden-Wuerttemberg State Ministry of Science, Research and Arts. The work of Lei Gao was supported by a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

PII: S1047-2797(09)00365-2

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.11.009

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 122-128 , February 2010

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