Rising prevalence of hepatitis B and C and risk factors at District Headquarter Teaching Hospital Bannu, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 492-493

  Majid, Abdul ^a   Khan, Mohammad Shoaib ^a   Ullah, Shafi ^a  

^a Bannu Medical College   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

HBV; HCV; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY PIERCING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SYRINGE; TATTOOING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955856663     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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