Prevalence of and risk factors for hepatitis C in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adolescent offenders

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 610-614

  van der Poorten, David ^a   Kenny, Dianna T ^a   George, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSTODY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; PRISONER; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 47049128780     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01804.x     Document Type: Article

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