Prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in Viqarunnessa noon girls' school children in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 202-204

  Laskar, M S ^a   Harada, N ^a   Khan, F ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B surface antigen; Prevalence rate; School children; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATION; HEPATITIS; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOUTHERN ASIA; STUDENTS; VIRAL DISEASES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BANGLADESH; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0031405032     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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