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Prevalence and Correlates of Previous Hepatitis B Vaccination and Infection Among Young Drug-users In New York City

✍ Scribed by S. Amesty; D. C. Ompad; S. Galea; C. M. Fuller; Y. Wu; B. Koblin; D. Vlahov

Publisher: Springer US
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 203 KB
Volume: 33
Category: Article
ISSN: 0094-5145
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-007-9082-4

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