Poor Validity of Self‐Reported Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Vaccination Status among Young Drug Users
Open Access
- 15 February 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 38 (4) , 587-590
- https://doi.org/10.1086/381440
Abstract
Self-reported hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection status and immunization status were compared with HBV serological markers among 324 young injection dKeywords
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