Meeting vaccination quality measures for hepatitis A and B virus in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection

Hepatology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-52

  Kramer, Jennifer R ^a,b   Hachem, Christine Y ^c   Kanwal, Fasiha ^a,c   Mei, Minghua ^a,b   El Serag, Hashem B ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; VACCINATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS A VACCINES; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VACCINATION;

EID: 78751497361     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.24024     Document Type: Article

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