Hepatitis A among health workers in Paris hospitals

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 321-324

  Domart, M ^a   Mlika Cabanne, N ^b   Henzel, D ^b   Pouliquen, A ^e   Florentin, A ^c   Marande, J L ^e   Xerri, B ^d   Aufrere, A ^d   Larouze B ^b  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^d Institut SmithKline Beecham   (France)

^e Hôpital Claude Bernard Bichat ^*

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health workers; Hepatitis A; Hepatitis A vaccine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS A; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

EID: 0032802593     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9071(199908)58:4<321::aid-jmv1>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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