Hepatitis B vaccination: Protection for how long and against what?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 307, Issue 6899, 1993, Pages 276-277

  Hall, A J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

EDITORIAL; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 0027328492     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.307.6899.276     Document Type: Editorial

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