Risk factors for higher anti-HCV positivity in a border city in southern Turkey with unique population characteristics

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 574-579

  Özer, Birol ^a   Seydaoǧlu, Gülşah ^a   Özşahin, Akatli Kürşat ^b   Demirhindi, Hakan ^b  

^a Adana Medical and Research Center   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Risk factors; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ABORTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRADUATE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE MAN; SINGLE WOMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WORK;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871141363     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4318/tjg.2012.0554     Document Type: Article

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