Acute hepatitis B in Edinburgh 1975-92: A retrospective study in a population where human immunodeficiency virus is highly prevalent

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-89

  Bath, G E ^a   Scott, T G ^b   Sibbald, C J ^b   Upton, P A ^a   Ramsay, C N ^a   Willocks, L J ^a,c  

^a NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0030845684     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268897007607     Document Type: Article

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