A missed opportunity: Hepatitis C screening of prisoners

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1739-1740

  Macalino, Grace E ^a   Dhawan, Darpun ^b   Rich, Josiah D ^c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRISON; PRISONER; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY TESTING; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHODE ISLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 25444525105     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.056291     Document Type: Article

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