Rise in the incidence of viral hepatitis in israel despite improved socioeconomic conditions

Reviews of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 464-469

  Green, Manfred S ^a   Block, Colin ^b   Slater, Paul E ^b  

^a Israel Defence Force ^*  (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFANT; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLDIER; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMAN; INFANT; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0024672297     PISSN: 01620886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/11.3.464     Document Type: Article

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