How important is early childhood hepatitis B vaccination? A survey of primary care physicians

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 370-374

  Zimmerman, Richard Kent ^a,b,c   Mieczkowski, Tammy A ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Economics; Hepatitis B vaccines; Hepatitis B virus; Infant; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031796370     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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