Hepatitis B in St Petersburg, Russia (1994-1999): Incidence, prevalence and force of infection

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-149

  Beutels, Ph ^a,c   Shkedy, Z ^c   Mukomolov, S ^b   Aerts, M ^c   Shargorodskaya, E ^b   Plotnikova, V ^b   Molenberghs, G ^c   Van Damme, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ST PETERSBURG PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Force of infection; Hepatitis B; Local polynomials; Nonparametric models; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RUSSIA; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12244286085     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.2003.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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