National Hepatitis C Surveillance Day in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs

Military Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 756-759

  Roselle, Gary A ^a   Danko, Linda H ^a   Kralovic, Stephen M ^a   Simbartl, Loretta A ^a   Kizer, Kenneth W ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RACE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER;

EID: 0036736494     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/167.9.756     Document Type: Article

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