Hepatitis B surface antigen prevalence among pregnant women in urban areas: Implications for testing, reporting, and preventing perinatal transmission

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages 1192-1197

  Euler, Gary L ^a   Wooten, Karen G ^b   Baughman, Andrew L ^b   Williams, Walter W ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Infant; Maternal; Pregnancy; Prevalence; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037964397     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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