Hepatitis B in the United States: A major health disparity affecting many foreign-born populations

Hepatology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 419-421

  Ward, John W ^a   Byrd, Kathy K ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

AFRICA; ASIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHINA; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNIZATION; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84864358911     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.25799     Document Type: Editorial

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