Seroprevalence of hepatitis B markers among female and transsexual sex workers in Athens, Greece

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-224

  Tsakris, A ^a   Kyriakis, K P ^b   Chryssou, S ^b   Papoutsakis, G ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Greece)

^b Western Attica General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 0030742090     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.73.3.223-a     Document Type: Letter

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