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| Upper outer portion of the thigh, Vastus Lateralis (R-L-R)
| An early start of Hepatitis B vaccine reduces the chance of being infected and becoming a carrier.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Effects of Universal Vaccination for Hepatitis B|journal=Annals of Internal Medicine|date=2001-11-06|first=Y. H.|last=Ni|coauthors=M.H. Chang, L.M. Huang, H.L. Chen, H.Y. Hsu, T.Y. Chiu, K.S. Tsai, and D.S. Chen|volume=135|issue=9|pages=796–800|id= |url=http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/summary/135/9/796|format=|accessdate=2007-05-12|pmid=11694104}}</ref> <br /> Prevents liver cirrhosis and liver cancer which are more likely to develop if infected with Hepatitis B early in life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp?id=75730 |title=A Look at Each Vaccine: Hepatitis B Vaccine |accessdate=2007-05-11 |work=Vaccine Education Center |publisher=The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070629183026/http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp?id=75730 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-06-29}}</ref><ref name='PMID9197213'>{{cite journal|title=Universal hepatitis B vaccination in Taiwan and the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in children. Taiwan Childhood Hepatoma Study Group|journal=The New England Journal of Medicine|date=1997-06-26|first=MH|last=Chang|coauthors=C.J. Chen, M.S. Lai, H.M. Hsu, T.C. Wu, M.S. Kong, D.C. Liang, W.Y. Shau, D.S. Chen|volume=336|issue=26|pages=1855–1859|id= |format=|doi=10.1056/NEJM199706263362602|pmid=9197213}}</ref> <br />About 9,000 diedied of complications of Hepatitis B. 10% of Filipinos have Hepatitis B infection<ref>{{cite news | first=Tessa R. | last=Salazar | title=Cancer Preventable Says US Doctor | date=2004-05-24 | publisher= | url =http://liver.stanford.edu/files/040529manilla_times.pdf |format=PDF| work =The Philippine Daily Inquirer | pages = | accessdate = 2007-05-11 | language = |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070221195427/http://liver.stanford.edu/files/040529manilla_times.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-02-21}}</ref>
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