JUN, Z.J., LEI, Y., SHIMIZU, Y., DOBASHI, K. and MORI, M. High Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Chronic Bronchitis among Chinese Population. Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 2006, 208 (4), 327-331 ── An increased seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), especially high virulent cytotoxin-associated gene-A (CagA) positive strains, has been found in many extragastrointestinal disorders. Mor...

The high mortality from chronic bronchitis in England and Wales and the excess of urban over rural mortality are unexplained. On dividing England and Wales into 212 local authority areas a strong geographical relation was found between death rates from chronic bronchitis and emphysema in 1959-78 and infant mortality from bronchitis and pneumonia during 1921-5. It was concluded that this relatio...

The aim was to test the hypothesis that atopy increases the occurrence of chronic bronchitis. Relations between atopy, smoking, and chronic bronchitis were studied in farmers. The data were from two successive postal surveys and a skin prick tested subsample. The cross-sectional study consisted of 9017 farmers. Those 6899 farmers who did not have chronic bronchitis at the beginning and who cont...

OBJECTIVE To develop and test the validity of a quality-of-care performance measure that examines antibiotic prescribing rates in children diagnosed as having upper respiratory infection (URI) or bronchitis. DESIGN AND METHODS The measure developed examines the annual rate of antibiotic prescribing to children aged 3 months to 18 years with an episode of URI or bronchitis. Administrative data...