Poor validity of self-reported HBV vaccination among young heroin users in Spain supports the policy "don't ask, draw a blood sample, vaccinate and try to schedule another visit"

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-90

  de la Fuente, Luis ^a,b   Toro, Carlos ^d   Brugal, M Teresa ^c   Vallejo, Fernando ^a   Soriano, Vicente ^d   Barrio, Gregorio ^e   Ballesta, Rosario ^f   Bravo, María J ^e  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b Plan Nacional Sobre el Sida   (Spain)

^c AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f Fundacion Andaluza para la Atencion a Las Drogodependencias e Incorporacion Social   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health policy; Hepatitis B; Substance related disorders; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTERVIEW; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEROLOGY; SPAIN; VACCINATION; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEROIN; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION; VIRAL HEPATITIS VACCINES;

EID: 33845422125     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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