HBsAg carriers among healthy Nepalese men: A serological survey

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-238

  Bidya, Shrestha ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Disease transmission; Epidemiology; HBsAg; Hepatitis; Hepatitis B virus; Nepal; Serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE CARRIER; EMPLOYMENT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; REFERENCE VALUES;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0036757298     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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