The prevalence of viral hepatitis among the hmong people of northern Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 837-844

  Louisirirotchanakul, S ^a   Myint, Ksa ^b   Srimee, B ^a   Kanoksinsombat, C ^a   Khamboonruang, C ^c   Kunstadter, P ^d   Wasi, Chantapong ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; THAILAND; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GB VIRUS C; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUSES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THAILAND; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0041699892     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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