Prevalence study of different hepatitis markers among pregnant Albanian refugees in Greece

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 297-301

  Malamitsi Puchner, A ^a,c   Papacharitonos, S ^a   Sotos, D ^b   Tzala, L ^a   Psichogiou, M ^a   Hatzakis, A ^a   Evangelopoulou, A ^b   Michalas, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Albanians; HAV; HBV; HCV; HDV; Hepatitis; HEV; Pregnancy; Refugees

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ALBANIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; GREECE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; VACCINATION;

EID: 0029736388     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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