Risk of exposure to hepatitis B and other blood-borne viruses among Australians who travel abroad

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 345-350

  Streeton, Catherine L ^a   Zwar, Nicholas ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; RISK FACTOR; TELEPHONE; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; TRAVEL;

EID: 33750893675     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.00069.x     Document Type: Article

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