Hepatitis B immunization in persons not previously exposed to hepatitis B or with unknown exposure status

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Mathew, Joseph L ^a   El Dib, R ^b   Mathew, P J M ^b   Boxall, E H ^b   Brok, J ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; PLACEBO;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ASCITES; BLEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; VACCINATION;

EID: 44949137313     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006481     Document Type: Review

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