The American Journal of Medicine: Introduction

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Schiff, Eugene R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULTHOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 27644599030     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.07.010     Document Type: Editorial

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