Establishment of a surveillance system (utilising Midwifes Data Collection Systems) for monitoring the impact of hepatitis B vaccination on the population prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 272-275

  Wood, Nicholas ^a   Warlow, Margaret ^a   Quinn, Helen ^a   Selvey, Christine ^b   Lum, Gary ^c   McIntyre, Peter ^a   Kaldor, John ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR IMMUNISATION RESEARCH AND SURVEILLANCE   (Australia)

^b Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services

^c Northern Territory Government Pathology Service

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; Epidemiology; Hepatitis B; Midwives; Midwives Data Collection Systems; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTHPLACE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDWIFE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NORTHERN TERRITORY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 47249161133     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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