Selective screening for Hepatitis B in pregnant women in Denmark;Selektiv hepatitis B- screening af gravide i Danmark

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 168, Issue 37, 2006, Pages 3129-3131

  Myrup, Charlotte ^a,b   Hansen, Charlotte C Thim ^a   Andersen, Else ^a   Hellmuth, Ellinor A ^a  

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 33748911191     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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