Screening for rubella antibodies among Saudi women of child bearing age

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 575-577

  El Mekki, Awad A ^a,b   Zaki, Zaki M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

ELISA; Latex agglutination; Rubella vaccination; Saudi women

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442566797     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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