HCV_BE_06: Hepatitis C Serological Survey Data in IDUs (Belgium, 2006)

Description Usage Format Details Source Examples

Description

The Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the leading cause of known liver disease in most industrialized countries. Mathei et al. (2006) presented a study of HCV infection among injected drug users (IDUs). The data consists of IDUs from three areas in Belgium: Charleroi, Antwerp, and the province of Limburg.

Usage

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data("HCV_BE_06")

Format

A data frame with 25 observations on the following 7 variables.

V1

A numeric vector containing the duration of injection (in years).

V2

A numeric vector containing the amount of users.

V3

A numeric vector containing the amount of users (same vector as V2).

V4

A numeric vector containing the seroprevalence of HCV by duration of injection.

V5

A numeric vector (unknown function).

V6

A numeric vector (unknown function).

V7

A numeric vector (unknown function).

Details

See page 65 of the book.

Source

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16901287

Examples

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