Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis C in HIV-negative homosexual men in Sydney, Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 536-539

  Jin, Fengyi ^a   Prestage, Garrett P ^a   Kippax, Susan C ^b   Kaldor, John M ^a   Dore, Greg J ^a   Gulrich, Andrew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 28944450161     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00246.x     Document Type: Article

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