Screening of pregnant women for hepatitis B

Vaccine

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Boxall, Elizabeth ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal screening; Chronic carriage; Hepatitis B; Perinatal transmission; Prevention strategies

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CANADA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032431010     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(98)00289-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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