A community- based hepatitis B linkage-to-care program: a case study on Asian Americans chronically infected with hepatitis B virus

Chul S. Hyun1, William R. Ventura2, Soon S. Kim3, Soyoung Yoon3, Seulgi Lee4
1Holy Name Medical Center, Teaneck, NJ, USA
2St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Patterson, NJ, USA
3Korean Community Services, Queens, NY, USA
4Center for Viral Hepatitis, 35 Van Nostrand Avenue, Englewood, NJ, 07631, USA

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