Knowledge about hepatitis B and C among patients attending family medicine clinics in Karachi

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 787-793

  Khuwaja, A K ^a   Qureshi, R ^b   Fatmi, Z ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS INFECTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENERAL PRACTICE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PAKISTAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 14744272824     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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