Risk factors for HCV infection. Focus on ethnic and cultural characteristics

Minerva Gastroenterologica e Dietologica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-162

  Pellicano, R ^a   De Angelis, C ^a   De Luca, L ^b   Smedile, A ^a   Berrutti, M ^a   Astegiano, M ^a   Rizzetto, M ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Pellegrini Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Hepatitis, transmission; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MIGRATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIROLOGY;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 68149097002     PISSN: 00264776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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