A cross-border comparison of hepatitis B testing among Chinese residing in Canada and the United States

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 483-490

  Tu, Shin Ping ^a,b   Li, Lin ^b   Tsai, Jenny Hsin Chun ^a   Yip, Mei Po ^a   Terasaki, Genji ^a   Teh, Chong ^c   Yasui, Yutaka ^d   Gregory Hislop, T ^c,e   Taylor, Vicky ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asian and pacific islanders; Chronic hepatitis B; Liver cancer; Prevention clinic

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951186415     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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