Serologic testing for protection against hepatitis B virus infection among students at a health sciences university in the United States

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 732-736

  Spradling, Philip R ^a   Williams, Roxanne E ^a,b   Xing, Jian ^a   Soyemi, Kenneth ^c   Towers, Joseph ^d  

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

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

^c ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VACCINATION;

FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863223003     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666335     Document Type: Article

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