Hepatitis B infection in Bangladeshi mothers and infants

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 296-298

  De Francisco, A ^a   Hall, A J ^a   Alam, N ^a   Hawkes, S ^a   Azim, T ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE;

BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033139979     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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