1. HCV Screening Behaviors and Infection Status among Vietnamese Americans.
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Ma, Grace X., Zhang, Guo (Yolanda), Jung, Mary Y., Xiang S. Ma, Shumenghui Zhai, Mei Zhao, Xiaoli Ma, and Sunmin Lee
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HEPATITIS C prevention , *ASIANS , *HEALTH behavior , *MEDICAL screening , *MULTIVARIATE analysis , *RESEARCH funding , *STATISTICS , *DATA analysis software , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *ODDS ratio - Abstract
The article discusses a study that aims to identify socio-economic and acculturation factors associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening and infections among U.S. Vietnamese Americans. Topics discussed include study methods as well as study results that employed people and participants who lived in Vietnam for 40 years being more likely to receive HCV screening. Also mentioned are the findings to guide future interventions to reduce HCV infection and HCV-related liver cancer.
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- 2015
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