Hepatitis A: A traveling target

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1818-1819

  Andersson, Karin L ^a,b   Friedman, Lawrence S ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION;

HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149373831     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.412     Document Type: Note

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