Risk factors in community-acquired chronic hepatitis C virus infection: A case-control study in Italy

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-134

  Chiaramonte, Maria ^a,c   Stroffolini, Tommaso ^b   Lorenzoni, Umberto ^a   Minniti, Francesco ^a   Conti, Susanna ^b   Floreani, Annarosa ^a   Ntakirutimana, Efrem ^a   Vian, Alfredo ^a   Ngatchu, Theodore ^a   Naccarato, Remo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Div Gastroenterologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community acquired hepatitis C virus infection; Hepatitis C virus epidemiology; Hepatitis C virus transmission; Risk factors for hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030067472     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(96)80020-1     Document Type: Article

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