Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B and C among the healthy blood donors at Fauji Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-67

  Chaudhary, Ishtiaq Ahmed ^a   Samiullah, ^b   Khan, Shah Sattar ^c   Masood, Rehan ^b   Sardar, Muhammad Asif ^a   Ali Mallhi, Ashraf ^b  

^a FAUJI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Healthy blood donors; Hepatitis B C

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33947106875     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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