Hepatitis B: Knowledge, vaccine situation and seroconversion of dentistry students of a public university

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Sacchetto, Marina Sena Lopes da Silva ^a   Barros, Simone Souza Lobão Veras ^a   Araripe, Thaís de Alencar ^a   Silva, Aryvelto Miranda ^a   Faustino, Symonara Karina Medeiros ^b   da Silva, José Mário Nunes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^b Department of Pharmacy ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Hepatitis B; Immunization schedule; Occupational accidents

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL STUDENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROCONVERSION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 84885145610     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.13670     Document Type: Article

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