The Changing Epidemiology of Hepatitis B in the United States: Need for Alternative Vaccination Strategies

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 263, Issue 9, 1990, Pages 1218-1222

  Alter, Miriam J ^a   Hadler, Stephen C ^a   Margolis, Harold S ^a   Alexander, W James ^b,f   Hu, Pin Ya ^c   Judson, Franklyn N ^d   Mares, Allene ^e   Miller, Joan K ^a   Moyer, Linda A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Jefferson County Department of Health   (United States)

^c Pinellas County Health Department   (United States)

^d Denver ^*  (United States)

^e Tacoma Pierce County Health Department   (United States)

^f Beecham Laboratories ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0025062593     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03440090052025     Document Type: Article

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