Hepatitis A and B seropositivity among medical students

Health Policy

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-45

  Oncu, Serkan ^a   Oncu, Selcen ^a   Sakarya, Serhan ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hepatitis A; Hepatitis B; Medical student; Seropositivity

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIBLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TURKEY;

EID: 23644445189     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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