Reviewer's report 
 Prevalence and Associated Factors of Viral Hepatitis and Transferrin Elevations in 5036 Patients Title: 
Admitted to the Emergency Room of a Swiss University Hospital: cross-sectional study 
 1  27 December 2006 Version: Date: 
 Hans Ludger L Tillmann Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
No further comments 
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 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research interests Level of interest: 
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 No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician. Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
'I declare that I have no competing interests' 
Reviewer's report 
 Prevalence and Associated Factors of Viral Hepatitis and Transferrin Elevations in 5036 Patients Title: 
Admitted to the Emergency Room of a Swiss University Hospital: cross-sectional study 
 1  27 December 2006 Version: Date: 
 Hans Ludger L Tillmann Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
No further comments 
General 
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be 
reached) 
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Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the author 
can be trusted to correct) 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept without revision What next?: 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research interests Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician. Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
'I declare that I have no competing interests' 
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Reviewer's report 
 Prevalence and Associated Factors of Viral Hepatitis and Transferrin Elevations in 5036 Patients Title: 
Admitted to the Emergency Room of a Swiss University Hospital: cross-sectional study 
 1  27 December 2006 Version: Date: 
 Hans Ludger L Tillmann Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
No further comments 
General 
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be 
reached) 
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Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the author 
can be trusted to correct) 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept without revision What next?: 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research interests Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician. Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
'I declare that I have no competing interests' 
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