Reported risk factors are useless in detecting HCV-positive subjects in the general population

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 547-550

  Stroffolini, T ^a,b   Mariano, A ^a   Iantosca, G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b San Giacomo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGERY;

GLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; GLASS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SYRINGES;

EID: 4644273527     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2004.03.013     Document Type: Article

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