Decrease in seroprevalence of Hepatitis A after the implementation of nationwide disposable tableware use in Taiwan

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Su, Shih Bin ^a,b   Lin, Ching Yih ^a   Sheu, Ming Jen ^a   Kan, Wei Chih ^a   Wang, Hsien Yi ^a   Guo, How Ran ^c,d,e  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KITCHEN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COOKING AND EATING UTENSILS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78549279512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-719     Document Type: Article

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