The epidemiology of hepatitis A in Rio de Janeiro: Environmental and domestic risk factors

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 327-333

  Almeida, L M ^a   Werneck, G L ^a   Cairncross, S ^b   Coeli, C M ^a   Costa, M C E ^a   Coletty, P E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; TAP WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CERAMICS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FILTER; FINGER; GENDER; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; KITCHEN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PUNCTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEWER; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEST STRIP; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0034748950     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268801005945     Document Type: Article

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