Vaccination strategies against hepatitis A in southern Europe

Vaccine

Volumn 21, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 696-697

  Franco, Elisabetta ^a   Vitiello, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EUROPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VACCINES; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037472380     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00582-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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