Hepatitis B vaccination status among healthcare workers in a tertiary care hospital in Tripoli, Libya

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 246-251

  Ziglam, Hisham ^a   El Hattab, Mabrouk ^a   Shingheer, Noura ^a   Zorgani, Abdulaziz ^b   Elahmer, Omar ^c  

^a TRIPOLI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c National Centre of Diseases Control   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

HBsAb titer; Health care worker; Hepatitis B vaccination

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; LIBYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879601077     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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