Hepatitis B sero-prevalence and risk behaviors among immigrant men in a population-based household survey in low-income neighborhoods of Northern California

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 828-833

  Levy, Vivian ^a   Yuan, Jinwei ^b   Ruiz, Juan ^c   Morrow, Scott ^a   Reardon, Juan ^d   Facer, Mathew ^c   Molitor, Fred ^c   Allen, Barbara ^e   Ajufo, Barbara Green ^e   Bell Sanford, Geneva ^f   McFarland, Willi ^g   Raymond, Henry F ^g   Kellogg, Tim ^g   Page, Kimberly ^h  

^a San Mateo Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Public Health Division   (United States)

^e Alameda County Public Health   (United States)

^f San Joaquin County Public Health Services   (United States)

^g SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B vaccine; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIGRATION; POVERTY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; RISK-TAKING; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649632134     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-009-9239-6     Document Type: Review

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