Hepatitis B prevalence among workers in Turkey at low risk for hepatitis B exposure

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 749-757

  Guven R ^a   Ozcebe H ^b   Cakir B ^b  

^a Ministry of Labor and Social Security   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TURKEY; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 33847622437     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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