Alcohol
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 149-156 , March 2010

Alcohol consumption among patients with hepatitis B infection in northern Portugal considering gender and hepatitis B virus genotype differences

  • Ana Mota

      Affiliations

    • ICBAS—Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 2, 4099-003 Porto, Portugal
    • Serviço de Hematologia Clínica, Centro Hospitalar do Porto (CHP), Hospital de Santo António (HSA), Largo Abel Salazar, 4099-001 Porto, Portugal
    • ,
  • Fátima Guedes

      Affiliations

    • Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Rua Carlos da Maia, 296, 4200-150 Porto, Portugal
    • ,
  • Jorge Areias

      Affiliations

    • ICBAS—Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 2, 4099-003 Porto, Portugal
    • Serviço de Gastrenterologia, Centro Hospitalar do Porto (CHP), Hospital de Santo António (HSA), Largo Abel Salazar, 4099-001 Porto, Portugal
    • ,
  • Luciana Pinho

      Affiliations

    • ICBAS—Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 2, 4099-003 Porto, Portugal
    • Serviço de Hematologia Clínica, Centro Hospitalar do Porto (CHP), Hospital de Santo António (HSA), Largo Abel Salazar, 4099-001 Porto, Portugal
    • ,
  • Margarida Fonseca Cardoso

      Affiliations

    • ICBAS—Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 2, 4099-003 Porto, Portugal
    • CIIMAR—Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Rua dos Bragas 177, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
    • ISPUP—Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Praça Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 2, 4099-003 Porto, Portugal. Tel.: +351-22-206-22-79.

Received 22 May 2009 ,Revised 4 November 2009 ,Accepted 5 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2009.11.003

Alcohol
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 149-156 , March 2010

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