Risk factors of hepatitis B virus infection in Turkey: A population-based, case-control study

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 263-268

  Ozer, Ali ^a   Yakupogullari, Yusuf ^b   Beytur, Ali ^b   Beytur, Leyla ^a   Koroglu, Mehmet ^c   Salman, Feyza ^c   Aydogan, Fisun ^c  

^a Beydagi State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c MALATYA STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Risk factor; Transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPOUSE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84857834425     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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