Seroprevalence of varicella, measles and hepatitis B among female health care workers of childbearing age

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 383-386

  Yavuz, Tevfik ^a   Ozdemir, Ismail ^a   Sencan, Irfan ^a   Arbak, Peri ^a   Behçet, Mustafa ^a   Sert, Erhan ^b  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Clinical Microbology and Infectious Diseases   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEASLES; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREMATURE LABOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; VACCINATION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AGING; CHICKENPOX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MEASLES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 30544453109     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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