Ad hoc survey of hepatitis B vaccination campaign in newborns of HBsAg positive mothers and in 12-year-old subjects in southern Italy

Vaccine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 775-777

  Adamo, Brunella ^a   Stroffolini, Tommaso ^b   Sagliocca, Luciano ^c   Simonetti, Andrea ^a   Iadanza, Filomena ^a   Fossi, Elena ^a   Tancredi, Franco ^a   Mele, Alfonso ^b  

^a AUSL   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Italy; Vacciantion

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032078865     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(97)00273-9     Document Type: Article

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