Prevalence of HAV among healthy blood donors referring to Tehran Transfusion Center

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 126-130

  Elikaei, A ^a,b   Sharifi, Z ^a   Shooshtari, M Mahmoudian ^a   Hosseini, M ^b   Maroufi, Y ^a  

^a IRANIAN BLOOD TRANSFUSION ORGANIZATION   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Hepatitis A Virus (HAV); Iran; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449135558     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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