Transmission of HIV through blood or blood products in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 283-289

  Shrestha, Purushottam Narayan ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0347137375     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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