Juvenile offenders and hepatitis B: Risk, vaccine uptake and vaccination status

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 306-309

  Thompson, Sandra C ^a,b   Ogilvie, Elaine L ^c   Veit, Friederike C ^d   Crofts, Nick ^a  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Territory Health Services   (Australia)

^c Melbourne Juvenile Justice Centre   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032555972     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb140281.x     Document Type: Article

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