General practitioners' knowledge and management of viral hepatitis in the migrant population

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 497-504

  Guirgis, M ^a   Yan, K ^a   Bu, Y M ^a   Zekry, A ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practice; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Non English speaking background

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LACTATION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIGRATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; TIME; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84861444432     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02440.x     Document Type: Article

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