The incidence of hepatitis B infection in Australia: An epidemiological review

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 322-326

  Kaldor, John M ^a,b   Plant, Aileen J ^a,c,d   Thompson, Sandy C ^a,e   Longbottom, Helen ^a,f   Rowbottom, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d FAIRFIELD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Fisheries and Forestry   (Australia)

^f Grace Vaughan House   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029798670     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb124993.x     Document Type: Article

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