Hepatitis B immunisation status among health care workers in two Kuala Lumpur hospitals

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 407-410

  Hesham, Rashwan ^a   Zamberi, S ^a   Tajunisah, M E ^a   Ariza, A ^b   Ilina, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B vaccination; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALAYSIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; MALAYSIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33646674887     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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