Acute hepatitis B infection in England and Wales: 1985-96

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 125-131

  Balogun, M A ^a   Ramsay, M E ^a   Fairley, C K ^b   Collins, M ^a   Heptonstall, J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENDER; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NEWBORN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; WALES;

EID: 0033062211     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898001733     Document Type: Article

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