Mortality in patients with hepatitis B or hepatitis C

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9549, 2006, Pages 1767-

  Völzke, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; HEART INFARCTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LETTER; LIVER DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; NOTE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS;

EID: 33750965476     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69728-6     Document Type: Letter

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