Use of the hepatitis-B vaccine and infection with hepatitis B and C among orthopaedic surgeons

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1791-1800

  Shapiro, Craig N ^a,c   Tokars, Jerome I ^b   Chamberland, Mary E ^b   Benson, Daniel R ^d   Glasser, Dale B ^d   Gristina, A Gristina ^d   Lane, Joseph M ^d   Luck, James V ^d   Malinin, Theodore ^d   Nelson, Carl ^d   Robb III, William J ^d  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c MS G 37   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON;

EID: 0542377615     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199612000-00001     Document Type: Article

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