Attitudes towards premarital screening for hepatitis B virus infection in Iran

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-45

  Adibi, Peyman ^a,b   Hedayati, Saeid ^b   Mohseni, Masood ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SCREENING TEST;

ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PREMARITAL EXAMINATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33947331529     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/096914107780154495     Document Type: Article

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