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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
2
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1978-12-27
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Hepatitis type B is hyperendemic in Greenland with serologic evidence of infection in 54% of adults and a hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carrier rate of 7--25%. The impact of this infection rate on the occurrence of cirrhosis and primary liver cancer (PLC) was studied. Mortality rates for cirrhosis were obtained from official mortality statistics, 1951--1975. PLC was identified by a study of all biopsy and necropsy material taken in the study area during the same period. Neither cirrhosis nor PLC was found to be a more prevalent cause of death in this population than in Northern Europe where hepatitis B is at least 10-fold less prevalent. It is concluded that hepatitis B infection per se does not contribute significantly to the development of cirrhosis or to PLC, at least in the Eskimo population of Greenland.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Aug
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| pubmed:issn |
0002-9262
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
108
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
121-5
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:707473-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:707473-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:707473-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:707473-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:707473-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:707473-Disease Outbreaks,
pubmed-meshheading:707473-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:707473-Greenland,
pubmed-meshheading:707473-Hepatitis B,
pubmed-meshheading:707473-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:707473-Infant,
pubmed-meshheading:707473-Infant, Newborn,
pubmed-meshheading:707473-Inuits,
pubmed-meshheading:707473-Liver Cirrhosis,
pubmed-meshheading:707473-Liver Neoplasms,
pubmed-meshheading:707473-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:707473-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:707473-Population Surveillance
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| pubmed:year |
1978
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Occurrence of cirrhosis and primary liver cancer in an Eskimo population hyperendemically infected with hepatitis B virus.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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