To find out the frequency of hepatitis b surface antigen positivity in motivated people of jamrud tehsil khyber agency

JPMI - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-217

  Khattak, Abbas Khan ^a   Amanullah, ^a   Javed, Mohd ^a   Rafiullah, ^a   Hassan, Muhammad Kamran ^a   Jadoon, Zahid ^a   Hameed, Khalid ^a   Khan, Ijaz Mohammad ^a   Khan, Aamir Ghafoor ^a  

^a Postgraduate Medical Institute   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

HBsAg; ICT; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAHY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; TATTOOING; TOOTH EXTRACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77956104897     PISSN: 10135472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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