Hepatitis and the healthcare worker - A Pakistani perspective

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 240-245

  Hamid, Saeed ^a   Ismail, Faisal W ^a   Jafri, Wasim ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Healthcare worker; Transmission; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548216487     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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