Assessment and proposal of a new combination of screening criteria for hepatitis C in France

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 527-533

  King, Lisa A ^a,b   Le Strat, Yann ^a   Meffre, Christine ^a   Delarocque Astagneau, Elisabeth ^a   Desenclos, Jean Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET)   (France)

Author keywords

France; Hepatitis C; Risk factors; Screening

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349495350     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp112     Document Type: Article

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