The trends and risk factors for hepatitis B occurrence in Estonia

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-111

  Paat, Gerli ^a   Uusküla, Anneli ^b   Tefanova, Valentina ^c   Tallo, Tatjana ^c,d   Priimägi, Ljudmilla ^c   Ahi, Kalle ^e  

^a PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Estonia; Hepatitis B; HIV; IDU

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149139635     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3483     Document Type: Article

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