Demographic factors influencing hepatitis B and C infection in Benghazi, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-97

  Kutrani, Huda ^a   El Gatit, Abdulsalam ^b   Shekhteryea, Amina ^a   El Gitait, Yousef ^c   Sudani, Omar ^a   Akoub, Saad ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b OMAR AL MUKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c Garyounis Univesity ^*  (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^d Al Batnan Medical Center   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAVEL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIBYA; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE PERSON; TRAVEL;

EID: 34347325326     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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