Unsafe injections and the transmission of hepatitis B and C in a periurban community in Pakistan

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 956-963

  Khan, Aamir J ^a   Luby, Stephen P ^a,b   Fikree, Fariyal ^a,b   Karim, Anita ^a   Obaid, Saima ^a   Dellawala, Salima ^a   Mirza, Shaper ^a   Malik, Tariq ^a   Fisher Hoch, Sue ^a   McCormick, Joseph B ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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

Author keywords

Epidemiological studies; Hepatitis B, transmission; Hepatitis C, transmission; Injections, adverse effects; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS; INJECTION; RURAL SOCIETY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION; JAUNDICE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAKISTAN; SAFETY; URBAN AREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ASIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HEALTH; HEPATITIS--TRANSMISSION; HYGIENE; PAKISTAN; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTHERN ASIA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYRINGE; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0033841466     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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