Hepatitis A and B infection and vaccination in a cohort of homosexual men in Sydney

Sexual Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 227-237

  Jin, Fengyi ^a   Prestage, Garrett P ^a   Pell, Catherine M ^b   Donovan, Basil ^b   Van De Ven, Paul G ^c   Kippax, Susan C ^c   Kaldor, John M ^a   Grulich, Andrew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis A; Hepatitis B; Homosexuality; Male

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIC; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VACCINES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 29544451618     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH04022     Document Type: Article

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