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dc.title | History of blood transfusion, tattooing, acupuncture and risk of hepatitis B surface antigenaemia among Chinese men in Singapore | |
dc.contributor.author | Phoon, W.-O. | |
dc.contributor.author | Fong, N.-P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-12-01T06:55:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-12-01T06:55:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1988 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Phoon, W.-O.,Fong, N.-P.,Lee, J. (1988). History of blood transfusion, tattooing, acupuncture and risk of hepatitis B surface antigenaemia among Chinese men in Singapore. American Journal of Public Health 78 (8) : 958-960. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 00900036 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/113502 | |
dc.description.abstract | To determine whether a history of blood transfusion, tattooing, and acupuncture is associated with an increased risk of hepatitis B surface antigenaemia, a study of 6,328 Chinese men between 35 and 65 years of age was undertaken in Singapore. The age-adjusted odds ratios were 1.44 (95% CI: 1.14, 1.83) for blood transfusion, 1.14 (95% CI: 0.80, 1.63) for tattooing, and 0.88 (95% CI: 0.71, 1.11) for acupuncture. Using no history of any of the three percutaneous procedures as reference, the age-adjusted odds ratio for blood transfusion only was 1.40, 95% CI: 1.07, 1.84, and for blood transfusion plus tattooing was 2.59, 95% CI: 1.18, 5.70. The proportion of HBsAg positive cases attributable to blood transfusion and tattooing, as measured by the population attributable risk, are 4.1 and 0.7 per cent, respectively. | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | COMMUNITY,OCCUPATIONAL & FAMILY MEDICINE | |
dc.description.sourcetitle | American Journal of Public Health | |
dc.description.volume | 78 | |
dc.description.issue | 8 | |
dc.description.page | 958-960 | |
dc.description.coden | AJPEA | |
dc.identifier.isiut | NOT_IN_WOS | |
Appears in Collections: | Staff Publications |
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