Hepatitis-C prevalence in an urban native-American clinic: A prospective screening study

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 389-392

  Neumeister, Amy S ^a   Pilcher, LaVada E ^b   Erickson, Judi M ^a   Langley, Lora L ^b   Murphy, Mary M ^b   Haukaas, Nicole M ^b   Mailliard, Mark E ^a   Larsen, Jennifer L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Fred LeRoy Health and Wellness Center   (United States)

^c NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; Native Americans

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TATTOO; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEBRASKA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TATTOOING; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34247203763     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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