The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 119, Issue 3 , Pages 217-224 , March 2006

Smoking Increases the Treatment Failure for Helicobacter pylori Eradication

  • Takeshi Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
    • Department of Internal Medicine and Molecular Science, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science
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  • Keitaro Matsuo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence should be addressed to Keitaro Matsuo, MD, PhD, MSc, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku Nagoya 464-8681, Japan Phone: +81-52-762-6111, Fax: +81-52-763-5233.
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  • Hidemi Ito

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Akira Sawaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Cancer Center Central Hospital
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  • Kaoru Hirose

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Kenji Wakai

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Shigeki Sato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine and Molecular Science, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science
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  • Tsuneya Nakamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endoscopy, Aichi Cancer Center Central Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Kenji Yamao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Cancer Center Central Hospital
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  • Ryuzo Ueda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine and Molecular Science, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science
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  • Kazuo Tajima

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan

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 This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Cancer Research (17-1) from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan.

PII: S0002-9343(05)00949-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.10.003

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 119, Issue 3 , Pages 217-224 , March 2006