Estimates of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Australia, 2000

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 212-216

  O'Sullivan, Belinda G ^a   Gidding, Heather F ^b   Law, Matthew ^c   Kaldor, John M ^c   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^b   Dore, Gregory J ^c  

^a New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 3042726665     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00697.x     Document Type: Article

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