Knowledge and Practices of Barbers about Hepatitis B and C Transmission in Rawalpindi and Islamabad

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 116-119

  Janjua, N Z ^a   Nizamy, M A M ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b RAWALPINDI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAIRDRESSER; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEAUTY CULTURE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 1942534210     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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