Awareness, knowledge and self-reported test rates regarding Hepatitis B in Turkish-Dutch: A survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Van Der Veen, Ytje J J ^a,b   Voeten, Hélène A C M ^a,b   De Zwart, Onno ^b   Richardus, Jan Hendrik ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; SELF DISCLOSURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; SELF DISCLOSURE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955823839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-512     Document Type: Article

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