Vaccination against Hepatitis B among doctors at a teaching hospital in Lahore

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 229-232

  Younis, Bilal Bin ^a   Khan, Gulsena Masood ^a   Akhtar, Parveen ^a   Chaudary, Mohammad Akbar ^a  

^a FATIMA JINNAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Doctors; Hepatitis B; Immune Status; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244496764     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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