Serosurvey of hepatitis B surface antigen in pregnant Saudi women

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 640-647

  Khalil, M K M ^a   Al Mazrou, Y Y ^b   Al Jeffri, M ^b   Al Ghamdi, Y S ^c   Mishkhas, A ^b   Bakhsh, M ^b   Eisa, M ^b   Nageeb, M ^b   Tumsah, S ^b  

^a King Fahd Specialist Hospital Buraidah   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Riyadh Medical Complex   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PREGNANCY; REGIONALIZATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARRIER STATE; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 33646177624     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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