Effect of gender and age on the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding hepatitis B and C and vaccination status of hepatitis B among medical students of Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 450-455

  Khan, Nazeer ^a   Ahmed, Sheikh Munir ^b   Khalid, Muhammad Masood ^b   Siddiqui, Sarah Hasan ^b   Merchant, Ayesha Altaf ^b  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PAKISTAN; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNIVERSITIES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952901008     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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