Hepatitis C transmission on the north coast of New South Wales: Explaining the unexplained

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 290-293

  Sladden, Tim J ^a   Hickey, Alan R ^a   Dunn, Thérèse M ^a   Beard, John R ^a  

^a NSW Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASHORE; SEXUALITY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030993561     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb122315.x     Document Type: Article

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