Screening high risk individuals for hepatitis B: Physician knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3471-3487

  Foster, Temitope ^a   Hon, Huiming ^a   Kanwal, Fasiha ^b   Han, Steven ^c   Spiegel, Brennan ^c,d,e,f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Guideline adherence; Hepatitis B; Screening; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; VIGNETTE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84856160378     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-011-1928-z     Document Type: Article

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