Changing epidemiology of hepatitis A in the 1990s in Sydney, Australia

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 631-636

  Person, M J ^a   Young, L C ^a   Stokes, M L ^b  

^a S W Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS A; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032409405     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898001563     Document Type: Article

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