The increasing burden of mortality from viral hepatitis in the United States

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-150

  Murphy, Edward L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BLOOD DONOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DRUG USE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INJURY; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; MALE; NOTE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE;

FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84863933160     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-2-201207170-00021     Document Type: Letter

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