Hepatitis A in a Chinese urban population: The spectrum of social and behavioural risk factors

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1271-1279

  Mäusezahl, Daniel ^a   Cheng, Feng ^b,c   Zhang, Shaoqing Q ^b,c   Tanner, Marcel ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Hubei Academy of Medical Sciences   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Behavioural risk factors; China; Health education; Hepatitis A; Nightsoil; Social; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS A; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030472886     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.6.1271     Document Type: Article

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