Factors associated with incomplete vaccination of babies at risk of perinatal hepatitis B transmission: A London study in 2006

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2016-2022

  Giraudon, Isabelle ^a   Permalloo, Nadia ^b   Nixon, Grainne ^a   Charlett, Andre ^a   Cohuet, Sandra ^a,c   Mandal, Sema ^a   Ramsay, Mary ^a   Patel, Bharat C ^a,d   Maguire, Helen ^a,e  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Westminster Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Immunization; Perinatal transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LONDON; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61549109885     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.12.016     Document Type: Review

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