Universal hepatitis B vaccination

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-87

  Kretzschmar, Mirjam ^a,b   de Wit, Ardine ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; VACCINATION;

CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 38349189830     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(08)70003-3     Document Type: Letter

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