Prevention of blood-borne diseases in Bolivia, 1993-2002

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 803-808

  Schmunis, Gabriel Adrián ^a,b   Rodriguez, Gloria ^c   Coenen, Jan ^d   Bellorin, Enrique Gil ^a,f   Gianella, Alberto ^e  

^a World Health Organization ^*  (Guatemala)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^c Banco Regional de Santa Cruz   (Bolivia)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales   (Bolivia)

^f Edificio 261   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INVESTMENT; NONHUMAN; SCREENING;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 55849114087     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.803     Document Type: Article

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