Hepatitis B virus antibody levels in high-risk health care workers

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 662-663

  Nejad, Esmaeil Mohammad ^a   Jafari, Sirous ^b   Mahmoodi, Mahmood ^c   Begjani, Jamaloddin ^d   Ehsani, Seyyedeh Roghayyeh ^e   Rabirad, Narmela ^f  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Health care providers; Hepatitis B virus; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

AGE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; SMOKING; VACCINATION; VACCINE FAILURE;

EID: 80052599280     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/kowsar.1735143X.707     Document Type: Article

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