Epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in truck drivers in Brazil, South America

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 386-389

  Matos, M A ^a   Bringel Martins, R M ^a   Da Silva Franca D D ^a   Pessoni, G C ^a   Ferreira, R C ^a   Matos, M A D ^a   Brunini, S M ^a   Junqueira, A L N ^a   Dos Santos Carneiro, M A ^a   Teles, S A ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; DRIVER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 53549127281     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.030205     Document Type: Article

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