Primer on hepatitis C for hospital epidemiologists

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-234

  Rosen, Hugo R ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

BASE SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034146470     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501752     Document Type: Article

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