Hepatitis B virus infection testing and prevalence among Asian and Pacific Islanders

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Vijayadeva, Vinutha ^a   Spradling, Philip R ^b   Moorman, Anne C ^b   Rupp, Loralee B ^f   Lu, Mei ^c   Gordon, Stuart C ^c   Henkle, Emily ^d   Boscarino, Joseph A ^e   Teshale, Eyasu H ^b   Nakasato, Cynthia ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^e GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B RAPID TEST; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ASIAN AMERICAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROCEDURES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903388808     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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