Identification and treatment of chronic hepatitis B in Chinese migrants: Results of a project offering on-site testing in Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1171-1176

  Veldhuijzen, Irene K ^a   Wolter, Reinoud ^a   Rijckborst, Vincent ^b   Mostert, Marijke ^c   Voeten, Helene A ^a   Cheung, Yiu ^d   Boucher, Charles A ^b   Reijnders, Jurriën G P ^b   De Zwart, Onno ^a   Janssen, Harry L A ^b  

^a Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c National Hepatitis Center   (Netherlands)

^d Wah Fook Wui Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Awareness; Chinese; Hepatitis B; Migrants; Prevalence; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84869221295     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2012.07.036     Document Type: Article

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