Racial and ethnic differences in the seroprevalence of 6 infectious diseases in the United States: Data from NHANES III, 1988-1994

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1952-1958

  McQuillan, Geraldine M ^a,b   Kruszon Moran, Deanna ^a   Kottiri, Benny J ^a   Curtin, Lester R ^a   Lucas, Jacqueline W ^b   Kington, Raynard S ^c  

^a Div of Health Examination Surveys   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7244223357     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.11.1952     Document Type: Article

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