Viral hepatitis in Germany: Poor vaccination coverage and little knowledge about transmission in target groups

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Schenkel, Karl ^a   Radun, Doris ^a   Bremer, Viviane ^a   Bocter, Nikolaus ^b   Hamouda, Osamah ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Academy for Public Health Services   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VACCINATION;

EID: 44049097108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-132     Document Type: Article

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