Birth year distribution in reported hepatitis C cases in Switzerland

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 141-143

  Bruggmann, Philip ^a   Richard, Jean Luc ^b   Semela, David ^c   Negro, Francesco ^c   Müllhaupt, Beat ^c   Moradpour, Darius ^c   Malinverni, Raffaele ^c   Cerni, Andreas ^c   Gorgievski, Meri ^c   Heim, Markus ^c   Bochud, Pierre Yves ^c   Rickenbach, Martin ^c   Semo, Nasser ^c   Fabbro, Thomas ^c  

^a Arud Centres for Addiction Medicine   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWITZERLAND; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922431625     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku095     Document Type: Article

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