Sex and hepatitis C

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 825-826

  Terrault, Norah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDOM; EDITORIAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MONOGAMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; COITUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; RISK; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPOUSE;

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

COITUS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; RISK; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPOUSES;

EID: 17544367150     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41807.x     Document Type: Editorial

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