Hepatitis B vaccination for sex workers: Do outreach programmes perform better?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-159

  Mak, Rudolf ^a   Traen, A ^b   Claeyssens, M ^b   Van Renterghem, L ^c   Leroux Roels, G ^a   Van Damme, P ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b PASOP VZW   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK-TAKING; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037392301     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.2.157     Document Type: Article

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