Factors associated to the prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis C virus among patients receiving hemodialysis at selected dialysis centers in Puerto Rico, 2005

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-23

  Soto Salgado, Marievelisse ^a   Pérez, Cynthia M ^a   Burgos Calderón, Rafael ^b   Torres, Esther A ^b   Suárez, Erick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis patients; Hepatitis C; Puerto Rico; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 70350015195     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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