## Abstract This is a commentary on a Cochrane review, published in this issue of EBCH, published as: Lee C, Gong Y, Brok J, Boxall EH, Gluud C. Hepatitis B immunisation for newborn infants of hepatitis B surface antigen‐positive mothers. __Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews__ 2006, Issue 2. A
Characteristics and key findings for ‘Hepatitis B immunisation for newborn infants of hepatitis B surface antigen-positive mothers’
✍ Scribed by Elvira van Dalen; Leontien Kremer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1557-6272
- DOI
- 10.1002/ebch.113
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