Prevalence of hepatitis B and C markers among refugees in Athens

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 993-995

  Roussos, Anastasios ^a   Goritsas, Constantin ^a   Pappas, Thomas ^a   Spanaki, Maria ^a   Papadaki, Panagiota ^a   Ferti, Angeliki ^a  

^a General Chest Hospital Sotiria   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; ASIA; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; GREECE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VACCINATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038544208     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i5.993     Document Type: Article

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