Profile of viral hepatitis patients in Dakhliya, Oman

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 819-823

  Bhat, Sunil K ^a   Sachdeva, Vibha N ^a   Saleem, Hamdi I ^a  

^a NIZWA HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C VACCINE; HEPATITIS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; OMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 21344467743     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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