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Changing epidemiology of hepatitis B in a U.S. community

  1. W. Ray Kim1,2,*,
  2. Joanne T. Benson2,
  3. Terry M. Therneau2,
  4. Heidi A. Torgerson1,
  5. Barbara P. Yawn3,
  6. L. Joseph Melton III2

Article first published online: 27 FEB 2004

DOI: 10.1002/hep.20098

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Hepatology

Hepatology

Volume 39, Issue 3, pages 811–816, March 2004

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Kim, W. R., Benson, J. T., Therneau, T. M., Torgerson, H. A., Yawn, B. P. and Melton, L. J. (2004), Changing epidemiology of hepatitis B in a U.S. community. Hepatology, 39: 811–816. doi: 10.1002/hep.20098

Author Information

  1. 1

    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Olmsted Medical Center, Rochester, Minnesota

  2. 2

    Department of Health Science Research, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Olmsted Medical Center, Rochester, Minnesota

  3. 3

    Research Department, Olmsted Medical Center, Rochester, Minnesota

*Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Mayo 16E), Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, SW, Rochester, MN 55905

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 27 FEB 2004
  2. Article first published online: 27 FEB 2004
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 12 DEC 2003
  4. Manuscript Received: 15 AUG 2003

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  • Mayo Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health. Grant Numbers: DK-60617, AR-30582

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