Hepatitis B and its effect on the life insurance industry
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver and Hepatitis B is the most serious type of the viral hepatitis because of the high incidence of severe complications, such as massive liver cell death and its strong association with liver cancer. Singapore, being situated in the Hepati...
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| author | Chia, Keng Qui Koo, Yew Weng Tan, Sharon Mei Ling |
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| description | Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver and Hepatitis B is the most serious type of the
viral hepatitis because of the high incidence of severe complications, such as massive
liver cell death and its strong association with liver cancer.
Singapore, being situated in the Hepatitis B endemic area has a significant number of
Hepatitis B carriers. And therefore Hepatitis B imposes a health problem to this country.
The purpose of this report is to provide the readers with an insight into the Hepatitis B
disease and, its prevalence in the world, particularly in Asia and Singapore. This includes
a study of Singaporean's awareness towards the disease, and also on its implications to
life insurance industry. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/557002023-05-19T06:24:06Z Hepatitis B and its effect on the life insurance industry Chia, Keng Qui Koo, Yew Weng Tan, Sharon Mei Ling Nanyang Business School Tan Lee Lee DRNTU::Business Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver and Hepatitis B is the most serious type of the viral hepatitis because of the high incidence of severe complications, such as massive liver cell death and its strong association with liver cancer. Singapore, being situated in the Hepatitis B endemic area has a significant number of Hepatitis B carriers. And therefore Hepatitis B imposes a health problem to this country. The purpose of this report is to provide the readers with an insight into the Hepatitis B disease and, its prevalence in the world, particularly in Asia and Singapore. This includes a study of Singaporean's awareness towards the disease, and also on its implications to life insurance industry. BUSINESS 2014-03-21T04:55:02Z 2014-03-21T04:55:02Z 1995 1995 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/55700 en Nanyang Technological University 103 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Business Chia, Keng Qui Koo, Yew Weng Tan, Sharon Mei Ling Hepatitis B and its effect on the life insurance industry |
| title | Hepatitis B and its effect on the life insurance industry |
| title_full | Hepatitis B and its effect on the life insurance industry |
| title_fullStr | Hepatitis B and its effect on the life insurance industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hepatitis B and its effect on the life insurance industry |
| title_short | Hepatitis B and its effect on the life insurance industry |
| title_sort | hepatitis b and its effect on the life insurance industry |
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