Seroepidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in children: Ten years of mass vaccination in Taiwan.

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Published in JAMA on September 18, 1996

Authors

H L Chen1, M H Chang, Y H Ni, H Y Hsu, P I Lee, C Y Lee, D S Chen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei.

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