Hepatitis C virus risk factors in the Turkish community

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2352-2355

  Yildirim, Beytullah ^a   Tahan, Veysel ^a   Ozaras, Resat ^a   Aytekin, Huseyin ^a   Mert, Ali ^a   Tabak, Fehmi ^a   Senturk, Hakan ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Risk factor; Transmission; Turkish community

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOOTHBRUSH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY;

EID: 30844438146     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-3061-3     Document Type: Article

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