Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus among chronic schizophrenia patients

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 526-530

  Said, W M ^a   Saleh, R ^a   Jumaian, N ^a  

^a KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037500008     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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