Hepatitis B in children in Italy: Incidence and risk factors

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 219-222

  Corona, R ^a,b   Gandolfi, C ^c   Ferrigno, L ^a   Sagliocca, L ^d   Ciaralli, F ^a   Martelli, A ^e   Galanti, C ^f   Moiraghi, A ^g   Palumbo, F ^d   Novaco, F ^f   Stazi, M A ^a   Mele, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^c MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Osservatorio Epidemiologico Regionale   (Italy)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

^f Assessorato alla Sanità Regione Toscana ^*  (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Hepatitis B; Italy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CARRIER STATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028025354     PISSN: 03922990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01730374     Document Type: Article

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