Trends of hepatitis a hospitalization and risk factors in Quebec, Canada, between 1990 and 2003

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Canuel, Magalie ^a,b   De Serres, Gaston ^a,b,c   Duval, Bernard ^a,b,c   Gilca, Rodica ^a,b,c   De Wals, Philippe ^a,b,c   Gilca, Vladimir ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEPATITIS A; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247611589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-31     Document Type: Article

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