Serostatus for vaccine-preventable diseases in residents at Melbourne Juvenile Justice Centre

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 573-577

  Thompson, Sandra C ^a,d   Ogilvie, Elaine ^b   Veit, Friederike ^c   Crofts, Nick ^a  

^a Epidemiol and Social Research Unit   (Australia)

^b Melbourne Juvenile Justice Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Territory Health Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; TETANUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIPHTHERIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MEASLES; MUMPS; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUBELLA; TETANUS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031737052     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01441.x     Document Type: Article

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