An assessment of the effect of hepatitis B vaccine in decreasing the amount of hepatitis B disease in Italy

Virology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  La Torre, Giuseppe ^a   Nicolotti, Nicola ^a   De Waure, Chiara ^a   Chiaradia, Giacomina ^a   Specchia, Maria Lucia ^a   Mannocci, Alice ^a   Ricciardi, Walter ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; JOINPOINT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VACCINATION; AGE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 49749118710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-5-84     Document Type: Article

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