Risk factors for hepatitis C transmission in the Victorian population: A telephone survey

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 622-626

  Watson, Rowland ^b   Crofts, Nick ^a   Mitchell, Creina ^b   Aitken, Campbell ^b   Hocking, Jane ^b   Thompson, Sandra ^b  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TATTOO; TELEPHONE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033398033     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1999.tb01548.x     Document Type: Article

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