Vaccination Uptake and Awareness of a Free Hepatitis B Vaccination Program Among Female Commercial Sex Workers

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-69

  Baars, Jessica E ^a,b   Boon, Brigitte J F ^a   Garretsen, Henk F ^c   van de Mheen, Dike ^a,b  

^a Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSTITUTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VACCINATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58049202858     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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