Knowledge of HBV and HCV and Individuals' Attitudes Toward HBV- and HCV-Infected Colleagues: A National Cross-Sectional Study among a Working Population in Japan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Eguchi, Hisashi ^a,c   Wada, Koji ^b  

^a KYOCERA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Research Institute National Center for Global Health and Medicine   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ONLINE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884611872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076921     Document Type: Article

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