A survey on community perceptions of jaundice in east Delhi: Implications for the prevention and control of viral hepatitis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-246

  Singh, Jagvir ^a   Shakya, Nirmal ^a,b   Jain, D C ^a   Bhatia, Rajesh ^a   Bora, D ^a   Pattanayak, P K ^a   Gupta, Sunil ^a   Datta, K K ^a,c   Sokhey, Jotna ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

^b Min of Health and Family Welfare ^*

^c GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B vaccine; India; Jaundice; KABP study; Literacy; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; JAUNDICE; MALE; SYMPTOM; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034041637     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90305-5     Document Type: Article

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