Rising hepatitis A immunity in U.S. military recruits

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 787-793

  Nevin, Remington L ^a   Niebuhr, David W ^b  

^a U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS A VACCINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447512774     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.7.787     Document Type: Article

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