Prevalence of hepatitis B and C virus infection among working women in Bangkok

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 469-474

  Ikeda, Masayuki ^a,h   Zhang, Zuo Wen ^b   Srianujata, Songsak ^c,d   Hussamin, Netnapit ^d   Banjong, Orapin ^d   Chitchumroonchokchai, Chureeporn ^d   Watanabe, Takao ^e   Shimbo, Shinichiro ^f   Matsuda Inoguchi, Naoko ^g   Higashikawa, Kae ^a  

^a KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^f KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Kyoto Industrial Health Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0032151194     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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