Boosters for hepatitis B vaccination? Need for an evidence-based policy

Hepatology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1485-1486

  Hall, Andrew J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVACCINATION; UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; VACCINATION;

EID: 77951483623     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23674     Document Type: Editorial

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