Declining hepatitis a antibody seroprevalence in the Korean military personnel

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 192-194

  Lee, Chang Seop ^a   Kwon, Keun Sang ^a   Koh, Dai Ha ^a   Youm, Jung Ho ^a   Gwack, Jin ^b   Lee, Ju Hyung ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Surgeon General Division of Army Headquarter   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS A VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 77953350601     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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