Anti-HBs antibody status and some of its associated factors in dental health care workers in Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-102

  Alavian, Seyed Moayed ^a   Mahboobi, Nastaran ^b   Mahboobi, Nima ^c  

^a Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroentrology and Liver Disease   (Iran)

^b Tehran Heart Center   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibody; Dental health care providers; Hepatitis B; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SMOKING; STUDENT; VACCINATION;

EID: 79952477437     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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