Twenty-year survey of the epidemiology of hepatitis B in Denmark: Effect of immigration

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 260-264

  Gjorup I E ^a   Smith, E ^b   Borgwardt, L ^a   Skinhoj P ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VACCINATION; VIRUS CARRIER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038084266     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540310000111     Document Type: Article

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