Ten-year follow-up study of hepatitis B virus infection and vaccination status in hospital employees

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-250

  Rosen, E ^a   Rudensky, B ^a   Paz, E ^a   Isacsohn, M ^a   Jerassi, Z ^a   Gottehrer, N P ^a   Yinnon, A M ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0032974694     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(99)90023-3     Document Type: Article

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