Childhood epidemiology of hepatitis a virus in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-21

  Khalil, Mohamed ^a,b   Al Mazrou, Yagob ^a   Al Jeffri, Mohamed ^a   Al Howasi, Mansour ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b STAT/Advsy Med Ctr Res Devmt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFANT; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0031799739     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1998.18     Document Type: Article

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