Hepatitis B virus in the United States

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 204-

  Wang, Su H ^a   Pong, Perry ^a  

^a Charles B Wang Community Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; CHINESE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MASS SCREENING; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79961094865     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-155-3-201108020-00020     Document Type: Letter

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