HBsAg carrier status in urban population of Ahmedabad city [1]

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-204

  Bhagyalaxmi, A ^a,b   Lala, M K ^a   Jain, Shikha ^a   Sunderam, Shalini ^a   Nayak, Sunil ^a   Kalia, Meenu ^a   Patel, Nilesh ^a  

^a B J MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 17244380366     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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