TY - JOUR T1 - Hepatitis B incidence among South Asian children in England and Wales: implications for immunisation policy JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 1082 LP - 1083 DO - 10.1136/adc.88.12.1082 VL - 88 IS - 12 AU - S Hahné AU - M Ramsay AU - K Soldan AU - K Balogun AU - P Mortimer Y1 - 2003/12/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/88/12/1082.abstract N2 - The incidence of acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is higher among South Asian than among non-South Asian UK residents, and infections in South Asians occur more often during childhood. The UK’s immunisation policy should be changed to protect ethnic minority children against HBV infection. ER -