Unrecognized chronic hepatitis C virus infection among baby boomers in the emergency department

Hepatology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 776-782

  Galbraith, James W ^a   Franco, Ricardo A ^a   Donnelly, John P ^a   Rodgers, Joel B ^a   Morgan, Jordan M ^a   Viles, Andres F ^a   Overton, Edgar T ^a   Saag, Michael S ^a   Wang, Henry E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BABY BOOMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; BLOOD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84923486405     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.27410     Document Type: Article

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