Prevalence of hepatitis B viral markers in children 3 to 9 years old in a town in the Brazilian Amazon;Pevalência de marcadores do vírus da hepatite B em crianças de 3 a 9 anos em um município da Amazônia Brasileira

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-34

  Breder Assis, Sandra ^a,b   Gonçalves Valente, Joaquim ^c   Fernandes Fontes, Cor Jesus ^a   Coimbra Gaspar, Ana Maria ^c   Dutra Souto, Francisco José ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO JÚLIO MÜLLER   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRINKING WATER; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEPATITIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BED; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFECTION RATE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; JAUNDICE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCHOOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WORK;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; PEIXOTO DE AZEVEDO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1342290868     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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