Hepatitis C in France: A national survey in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 545-548

  Raguin, Gilles ^a,f   Rosenthal, Eric ^b   Cacoub, Patrice ^c   Veyssier, Pierre ^d   Piette, Jean Charles ^b   Micoud, Max ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Service de Médecine Interne   (France)

^e GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f GROUPE HOSPITALIER DIACONESSES CROIX SAINT SIMON   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031678610     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007430812081     Document Type: Article

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