Prevalence of hepatitis a virus antibody in a North Portuguese population;Prevalência do anticorpo contra o vírus da hepatite a numa população do Norte de Portugal

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 14, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 479-482

  Cunha, Isabel ^a   Antunes, Henedina ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE BRAGA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0347607263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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