Changing epidemiology of Hepatitis B and migration - A comparison of six Northern and North-Western European countries

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 642-647

  Chu, Janet JunQing ^a,b   Wörmann, Tanja ^b   Popp, Johann ^a   Pätzelt, Gunnar ^a   Akmatov, Manas K ^b,c   Krämer, Alexander ^b   Reintjes, Ralf ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENMARK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FINLAND; GERMANY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY; MIGRANT; TRANSMISSION; TRENDS;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DENMARK; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FINLAND; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84879920290     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks067     Document Type: Article

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