The Homeless youth and their exposure to Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C among in Tehran, Iran

Gene Therapy and Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-100

  Fallah, Fatemeh ^a   Karimi, Abdollah ^a   Eslami, Gita ^a   Tabatabaii, Sedighe ^a   Goudarzi, Hossein ^a   Moradi, Raheleh Radmanesh Arezou ^a   Malekan, Mohammad ^a   Navidinia, Masoomeh ^a   Golnabi, Akram ^a   Gholinejad, Zari ^a   Golshani, Maryam ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Street children

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 50849126104     PISSN: 15299120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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