Perinatal Hepatitis B: Update & Recommendations

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 246-252

  Corrarino, Jane E ^a,b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Perinatal nursing; Prevention strategies; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; NEWBORN; NURSING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032160049     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-199809000-00006     Document Type: Article

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