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Hepatitis B Vaccine Use in Health Care Professionals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Edward J. Septimus*
Affiliation:
Memorial Hospital, Houston, Texas
*
Memorial Hospital, Infectious Disease Consultants, P.A. 7777 Southwest Freeway, Suite 740, Houston, TX 77074
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Abstract

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Type
Editorial Series: Hepatitis B Vaccine
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1982

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