Combined Effects of Chronic Hepatitis Virus Infections

نویسندگان

  • Hans-Hsienhong Lin
  • Li-Yu Wang
  • Cheng-Kuang Shaw
  • Mu-Liang Cheng
  • Wen-Kuan Chung
  • Hsin-Jung Chiang
  • Teng-Yi Lin
  • Chien-Jen Chen
چکیده

Center of Hepatology, Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien; Taiwan Graduate Institute of Aboriginal Health and School of Public Health, Tzu Chi University, Hualien; Department of Gastroenterology, Mennonite Christian Hospital, Hualien; Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei. Received: 18 June 2002. Revised: 18 July 2002. Accepted: 1 October 2002. Reprint requests and correspondence to: Dr. Li-Yu Wang, Graduate Institute of Aboriginal Health, Tzu Chi University, Section 3, Chung-Yang Road, Hualien 970, Taiwan. COMBINED EFFECTS OF CHRONIC HEPATITIS VIRUS INFECTIONS AND SUBSTANCE-USE HABITS ON CHRONIC LIVER DISEASES IN TAIWANESE ABORIGINES

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تاریخ انتشار 2003