Risk factors for hepatitis C virus infection in former Brazilian soccer players

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-73

  Azevedo, T C R ^a   Filgueira, N A ^a   Lopes, E P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HCV; intravenous vitamin complexes; soccer players

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETES; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER; VITAMINS;

EID: 82455162258     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811000458     Document Type: Article

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