World Hepatitis Day: A new era for hepatitis control

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9791, 2011, Pages 552-553

  Ward, John W ^a,b   Averhoff, Francisco M ^a,b   Koh, Howard K ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C VACCINE; HEPATITIS E VACCINE;

AWARENESS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS CONTROL; HEPATITIS E; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVER CANCER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCREENING; VACCINATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80051701851     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60839-8     Document Type: Letter

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