Hepatitis B prevalence during pregnancy

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1005-1008

  Chatterjee, Sukanta ^a   Ravishankar, K ^b   Chatterjee, R ^c   Narang, A ^d   Kinikar, A ^e  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Nilofer Hospital   (India)

^c NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^e B J MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; India; Pregnancy; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 70449432584     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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