The prevalence of hepatitis B in Sweden; a statistical serosurvey of 3381 Swedish inhabitants

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-225

  Christenson, B ^a   Bottiger M ^b   Grillner, L ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030694153     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268897007838     Document Type: Article

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