Hepatitis C in Australia. Impact of a Mass Media Campaign

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 492-498

  Smith, Ben J ^a   Bauman, Adrian E ^a   Chen, Jack ^b   Loveday, Stuart ^c   Costello, Melanie ^f   Mackie, Brent ^d   Dore, Gregory J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Hepatitis C Council   (Australia)

^d New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f Family Planning Queensland   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZATION; RECALL; TELEPHONE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33845283877     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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