Hepatitis C Tested Prevalence and Comorbidities among Veterans in the US Northwest

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 279-284

  Sloan, Kevin L ^a,b,c,f,g   Straits Tröster, Kristy A ^a,b,c,d   Dominitz, Jason A ^a,c,e,f   Kivlahan, Daniel R ^a,b,c,d  

^a Northwest Hepatitis C Resource Ctr   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Development Center of Excellence   (United States)

^d Veterans Affairs   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f Epidemiologic Res and Info Center   (United States)

^g VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hepatitis C; Screening; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COMORBIDITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VETERANS;

EID: 1242329968     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200403000-00016     Document Type: Review

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