Preoperative vaccination for HBV at Polish hospitals as a possible public health tool to limit the spread of the epidemic: A cross-sectional study

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 3969-3974

  Ganczak, Maria ^a   Szych, Zbigniew ^a   Korzeń, Marcin ^b  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

HBsAg prevalence; HBV; Preoperative immunisation; Surgical patients

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; TATTOOING; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349142928     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.04.042     Document Type: Article

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