Hepatitis B immunisation in travellers: Poor risk perception and inadequate protection

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 315-320

  Zuckerman, Jane N ^a   Hoet, Bernard ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Immunisation; Travellers

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY PIERCING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EUROPE; FINLAND; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TATTOOING; TELEPHONE; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

EID: 50049086088     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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