Prevalence of hepatitis A virus infection among sewage workers in Georgia

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 172-178

  Venczel, Linda ^a   Brown, Stuart ^d   Frumkin, Howard ^b   Simmonds Diaz, Jorge ^d   Deitchman, Scott ^d   Bell, Beth P ^a,c  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Hepatitis A; Hepatitis A vaccine; Seroprevalence; Sewage workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEWER; UNITED STATES; WORKER; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEWAGE;

EID: 20244375071     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10174     Document Type: Article

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