Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination: Killing 2 Birds with 1 Stone

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1029-1031

  Kao, Jia Horng ^a   Chen, Ding Shinn ^a  

^a Departments of Internal Medicine   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; TAIWAN; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 56649097325     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.09.002     Document Type: Editorial

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