Hepatitis B surface antigen prevalence among 12 393 rural women of childbearing age in Hainan Province, China: A cross-sectional study

Virology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Yu ^a   Fang, Weiming ^a   Fan, Lichun ^a,b   Gao, Xiaohui ^a   Guo, Yan ^a   Huang, Wenming ^b   Du, Yukai ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Department of Prevention and Health Care   (China)

Author keywords

China; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Risk factors; Seroprevalence; Women of childbearing age

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY PIERCING; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDUCED ABORTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; TATTOOING;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 84872316495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-10-25     Document Type: Article

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