Hepatitis B virus carrier prevalence in New Zealand: Population estimates using the 1987 police and customs personnel survey

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1064, 1998, Pages 142-144

  Blakely, Tony ^a,b   Salmond, Clare ^b   Tobias, Martin ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0032562295     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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