Use of existing data for public health planning: A study of the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen and core antibody in Al Ain Medical District, United Arab Emirates

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1324-1329

  Al Owais, A ^a   Al Suwaidi, K ^a   Amiri, N ^a   Carter, A O ^a   Hossain, M M ^a   Sheek Hussein, M M ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Al Ain Medical District ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Databases, factual; Health planning, methods; Hepatitis B core antigens; Hepatitis B surface antigens; Hepatitis B, prevention and control; Prevalence; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE MARKER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0033739113     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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