Are there risk factors for hepatitis B infection in inner-city adolescents that justify prevaccination screening?

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 389-393

  Alderman, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Shapiro, Alan ^a   Spigland, Ilya ^a   Coupey, Susan M ^a   Bashir, Mohammed ^a   Fox, Amy S ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chlamydia; Hepatitis B vaccination; Homelessness; Prevaccination screening; Sexual abuse; Sexual behaviors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032079639     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(97)00265-6     Document Type: Article

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