Hepatitis B among female sex workers in Ribeirão Preto - São Paulo, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 517-524

  Passos, Afonso Dinis Costa ^a   Figueiredo, José Fernando De Castro ^a   Martinelli, Ana De Lourdes Candolo ^a   Villanova, Márcia Guimarães ^a   Do Nascimento, Margarida Pásseri ^a   Gaspar, Ana Maria Coimbra ^b   Yoshida, Clara Fumiko Tachibana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Prevalence; Prostitutes; Sex workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149138025     PISSN: 1415790X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-790X2007000400010     Document Type: Article

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