Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and vaccination compliance among health care workers in Fars Province, Iran

Iranian Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-50

  Bahmani, Mirza Khalil ^a   Khosravi, Ayyoob ^a   Mobasser, Adel ^a   Ghezelsofla, Eslam ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Health care worker; Hepatitis B; Iran; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; MALE; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; NURSE ATTITUDE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VACCINATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 80052594245     PISSN: 17355109     EISSN: 20081081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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