Mortality among British Columbians testing for hepatitis C antibody
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Mortality among British Columbians testing for hepatitis C antibody
BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major preventable and treatable cause of morbidity and mortality. The ability to link population based centralized laboratory HCV testing data with administrative databases provided a unique opportunity to compare mortality between HCV seronegative and seropositive individuals. Through the use of laboratory testing patterns and results, the obje...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Public Health
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-291