Injections given in healthcare settings as a major source of acute hepatitis B in Moldova

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 782-786

  Hutin, Yvan J F ^a,e   Harpaz, Rafael ^a,b   Drobeniuc, Jan ^c   Melnic, Anatol ^c   Ray, Christi ^a   Favorov, Michael ^a   Iarovoi, Petru ^c   Shapiro, Craig N ^a   Woodruff, Bradley A ^a,d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^c Natl Ctr Sci Appl Hyg E   (Moldova)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Cross infection; Hepatitis B; Infection control; Injection adverse effects; Moldova; Risk factors; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEPATITIS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; VACCINATION;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLDOVA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; HEALTH; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEPATITIS--DETERMINANTS; HEPATITIS--TRANSMISSION; MOLDOVA; NEW INDEPENDENT STATES; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; STUDIES; VIRAL DISEASES; YOUTH;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLDOVA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

MOLDOVA;

EID: 0032797750     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.4.782     Document Type: Article

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