Age-specific Prevalence of Antibodies to Hepatitis a in Children and Adolescents from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1978 and 1995. Relationship of Prevalence to Environmental Factors

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-5

  Vitral, Claudia L ^b   Yoshida, Clara F T ^a   Lemos, Elba R S ^a   Teixeira, Christiane S ^b   Gaspar, Ana M C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti HAV; Hepatitis A; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SANITATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SANITATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0031626396     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761998000100001     Document Type: Article

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