High prevalence of hepatitis C in the district of Botafogo, municipality of Bebedouro, São Paulo State, Brazil, 2007;Prevalência elevada de hepatite C no distrito de Botafogo, cidade de Bebedouro, interior do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil, 2007

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Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 460-464

  De Brito Ramalho Luz Ferrão, Sabrina ^a   De Castro Figueiredo, José Fernando ^a   Yoshida, Clara Furniko Tachibana ^b   Passos, Afonso Dinis Costa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349087689     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2009000200025     Document Type: Article

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