Regarding “Seroprevalence of the Antibody to Hepatitis C in Select Groups in the Punjab Region of Pakistan”

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 202-

  Luby, Stephen ^a   Khan, Aamir Javed ^a   Altaf, Arshad ^a   Hutin, Yvan ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INJECTION; NOTE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE;

HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJECTIONS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0036690055     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200208000-00017     Document Type: Letter

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