Compliance with hepatitis B virus vaccination in a high-risk population

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 548-553

  Froehlich, Hervey ^a,b,d   West, David J ^c  

^a Fresno Community ^*  (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Group Health Permanente   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic Groups; Hepatitis B; Infant Immunization; Refugees; Southeast Asia; Viral Hepatitis Vaccines

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM;

EID: 0035459610     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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