Migrants and hepatitis B: New strategies for secondary prevention needed

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 439-

  Hahné, Susan ^c   Wörmann, Tanja ^a   Kretzschmar, Mirjam ^b,c  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; ENTECAVIR; TENOFOVIR;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LETTER; MIGRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 68449090593     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp066     Document Type: Letter

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