Frequency of HBV, HCV and HIV infections among hospitalized injecting drug users in Kashan

Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-30

  Sharif, M ^a   Sherif, Alireza ^a   Sayyah, Mansour ^a  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

HBV; HCV; HIV; Injecting drug user

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 77953364914     PISSN: 02537184     EISSN: 19983816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7184.55477     Document Type: Article

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