Etiology of endemic viral hepatitis in urban north India

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 845-848

  Kaur, Ravinder ^a   Gur, Renu ^a   Berry, Nidhika ^a   Kar, P ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0041699900     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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