Impact of the joint statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics/US Public Health Service on thimerosal in vaccines on hospital infant hepatitis B vaccination practices

Pediatrics

Volumn 107, Issue 4 I, 2001, Pages 755-758

  Hurie, Marjorie B ^a   Saari, Thomas N ^b,c   Davis, Jeffrey P ^a,d  

^a WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B vaccine; Hospital; Infant; Thimerosal

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; THIOMERSAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSERIES, HOSPITAL; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PEDIATRICS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; THIMEROSAL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; VACCINATION; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0035068640     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.107.4.755     Document Type: Article

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