A cross sectional assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice towards Hepatitis B among healthy population of Quetta, Pakistan

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ul Haq, Noman ^a,b   Hassali, Mohamed Azmi ^b   Shafie, Asrul A ^b   Saleem, Fahad ^a,b   Farooqui, Maryam ^c   Aljadhey, Hisham ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^b SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Healthy population; Hepatitis B; Knowledge; Pakistan; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865217095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-692     Document Type: Article

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