Immunizing children to protect against the increasing risk of hepatitis A in adolescents and young adults in South Korea

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 954-958

  Sohn, Y M ^a   Lee, J S ^a   Park, J H ^a   Poerschke, G ^b   Eves, K ^c   Gress, J ^c   Kuter, B ^c  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b MSD Asia Ltd   (Hong Kong)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPIDEMIC; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRURITUS; SEROCONVERSION; SOMNOLENCE; SORE THROAT; SOUTH KOREA; SPUTUM; TINNITUS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VOMITING;

EID: 12444287420     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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