Hepatitis B and C virus infection in an urban slum of northern India

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-204

  Uppal, Yogesh ^a   Garg, Suneela ^a   Malhotra, Sumit ^a   Singh, M M ^a   Gupta, V K ^a   Mishra, Bibhabati ^a   Singh, S V ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis E; Magnitude; Urbanslum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77950615209     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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