Early identification and linkage to care for people with chronic HBV and HCV infection: The HepTLC initiative

Public Health Reports

Volumn 131, Issue , 2016, Pages 5-11

  Ramirez, Gilberto ^a   Cabral, Rebecca ^a   Patterson, Margaret ^a   Schoenbachler, Ben T ^b   Bedell, Deborah ^a   Smith, Bryce D ^a,c   Vellozzi, Claudia ^a   Beckett, Geoff A ^a  

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

^b OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DATA BASE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; ADULT; BLOOD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

ADULT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84966570127     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549161310S202     Document Type: Article

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