Spatial analysis on hepatitis C virus infection in mainland China: From 2005 to 2011

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Lu ^a   Xing, Jiannan ^a,b   Chen, Fangfang ^a   Yan, Ruixue ^a   Ge, Lin ^a   Qin, Qianqian ^a   Wang, Liyan ^a   Ding, Zhengwei ^a   Guo, Wei ^a   Wang, Ning ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; AGE; HEPACIVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHINA; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84910067005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110861     Document Type: Article

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