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Effect of a Liver Cancer Education Program on Hepatitis B Screening Among Asian Americans in the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area, 2009–2010

INTRODUCTION: Asian Americans have the highest incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the major form of primary liver cancer, of all ethnic groups in the United States. Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the most common cause of HCC, and as many as 1 in 10 foreign-born Asian American...

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Autores principales: Juon, Hee-Soon, Lee, Sunmin, Strong, Carol, Rimal, Rajiv, Kirk, Gregory D, Bowie, Janice
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3921910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24503341
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.130258