TY  - JOUR
T1  - Notice to readers: National hepatitis b initiative for asian americans/native hawaiian and other pacific islanders
Y1  - 2009/06/24
N1  - 
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2545
EP  - 2545
VL  - 301
IS  - 24
N2  - 
An estimated 1.4 million persons in the United States are living with chronic hepatitis B, and more than half are Asian Americans and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders. These populations have the highest rates of chronic hepatitis B among all racial/ethnic groups in the United States and also a disproportionately high risk for liver cancer. The HBV infection-related death rate among Asian Americans and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders is seven times greater than the rate among whites (CDC, unpublished data, 2007).

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ER  -