Incidence and seroprevalence of hepatitis A virus infections among young Korean soldiers

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 546-548

  Kang, Cheol In ^a,d   Choi, Chang Min ^a   Tae, Sung Park ^a,e   Lee, Dong Jun ^b   Oh, Myoung Don ^c   Choe, Kang Won ^c  

^a The Armed Forces Capital Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Armed Forces Medical Command ^*  (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hepatitis A; Incidence; Military personnel; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447130266     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2007.22.3.546     Document Type: Article

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