Prevalence of hepatitis C and G virus infections among intravenous drug users in Slovenia and Croatia

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-35

  Trišler, Zdenka ^a   Seme, Katja ^b   Poljak, Mario ^b   Čelan Lucu, Branka ^c   Sakoman, Slavko ^d  

^a General Hospital   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c Primary Health Care Center   (Slovenia)

^d SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROATIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; SLOVENIA;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROATIA; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SLOVENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 17144465220     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365549950161853     Document Type: Article

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