Public misperceptions about transmission of hepatitis B virus in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 797-800

  Lu, Wei ^a   Mak, Belinda ^a   Lim, Seng Gee ^a   Myat, Oo Aung ^a   Wong, Mee Lian ^b   Wai, Chun Tao ^c,d  

^a Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Asian Centre for Liver Diseases and Transplantation   (Singapore)

^d GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; Knowledge; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; COLLEGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 36148980475     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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