A program for eradication of hepatitis B from Taiwan by a 10-year, four-dose vaccination program

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 305-311

  Chen, Ding Shinn ^e   Hsu, Hsu Mei ^c   Bennett, Charles L ^a,h   Pajeau, Tammy S ^a   Blumberg, Baruch ^g   Chang, Po Ya ^c   Nishioka, Kusuya ^f   Huang, Andrew ^b,d   Sung, Juei Low ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sun Yat Sen Cancer Center   (Taiwan)

^c Dept of Hlth of the Rep of China ^*  (China)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f Viral Hepat Res Found of Japan   (Japan)

^g FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Immunoprophylaxis; Perinatal infection; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFANT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TAIWAN; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TAIWAN; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030009933     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00052935     Document Type: Article

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