Hepatitis B vaccination awareness and biological risk

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 318-321

  Trevisan, Andrea ^a   Venturini, M Borella ^a   Paruzzolo, P ^a   Maso, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological risk; Hepatitis B markers; Hepatitis B vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; ITALY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VACCINATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; ITALY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0036652658     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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