Methodology of a nationwide cross-sectional survey of prevalence and epidemiological patterns of hepatitis A, B and C infection in Brazil;Metodologia de um estudo de inquérito nacional da prevalência e de padrões epidemiológicos das hepatites A, B e C no Brasil

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1693-1704

  de Alencar Ximenes, Ricardo Arraes ^a,b   Pereira, Leila Maria Beltrão ^a,c   Martelli, Celina Maria Turchi ^d   Merchán Hamann, Edgar ^e   Stein, Airton Tetelbom ^f   Figueiredo, Gerusa Maria ^m   Braga, Maria Cynthia ^g   Montarroyos, Ulisses Ramos ^a   Brasil, Leila Melo ^h   Turchi, Marília Dalva ^d   da Fonseca, José Carlos Ferraz ⁱ   de Lima, Maria Luiza Carvalho ^b   de Alencar, Luis Cláudio Arraes ^a   Costa, Marcelo ^j   Coral, Gabriela ^f   Moreira, Regina Celia ^k   Cardoso, Maria Regina Alves ^l  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^g INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^h FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DR HEITOR VIEIRA DOURADO   (Brazil)

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^j HOSPITAL DE BASE DO DISTRITO FEDERAL   (Brazil)

^k INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^m NONE

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Author keywords

Hepatitis viruses; Morbidity surveys; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149435457     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2010000900003     Document Type: Article

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