Do our medical students have enough knowledge of hepatitis B? A Delhi based study

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 221-225

  Chhabra, Pragti ^a   Grover, Vijay L ^a   Agrawal, Kamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENCE; TRAINING; VIRUS INFECTION; WORKER; AWARENESS; INDIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION;

AWARENESS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; INDIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 1242309967     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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