High prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among immigrants from the former Soviet Union in the New York City metropolitan area: Results of a community-based screening program

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 922-927

  Batash, Steven ^a   Khaykis, Inessa ^a   Raicht, Robert F ^a,b   Bini, Edmund J ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; TELEVISION; UKRAINE; UNITED STATES; USSR; UZBEKISTAN;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; USSR;

EID: 41849123473     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01789.x     Document Type: Article

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