Prevalence of hepatitis B virus chronic carriers and risk factors for hepatitis B virus infection among Lithuanian Army soldiers

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 625-627

  Kupcinskas, Limas ^a   Petrauskas, Dalius ^a   Petrenkiene, Vitalija ^a   Saulius, Katkus ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b Lithuanian Military Service   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; SOLDIER; VACCINATION; VIRUS CARRIER;

EID: 34250323095     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.6.625     Document Type: Article

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