Hepatitis B: Inadequate prevention even among health care workers;Hepatite B: Prevenção inadequada até em profissionais da área da saúde

Revista Brasileira de Medicina

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 144-151

  Eurico Da Luz, Carlos ^a   Knudsen, Sandra Inês ^a   Pitol, Ranieli ^a   Camillo, Carla Jaqueline ^a   Goellner, Juliana ^a  

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Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Nursing workers; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347935787     PISSN: 00347264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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