Inadequate hepatitis B vaccination and post-exposure evaluation among transplant surgeons: Prevalence, correlates, and implications

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 305-309

  Halpern, Scott D ^a,d   Asch, David A ^a   Shaked, Abraham ^b   Stock, Peter ^c   Blumberg, Emily A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; SURGEON; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUNSELING; FEAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 33748106994     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000217641.53330.e8     Document Type: Article

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