Awareness and risk factors associated with barbers in transmission of Hepatitis B and C from Pakistani population: Barber's role in viral transmission

Asian Biomedicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 435-442

  Waheed, Yasir ^a   Saeed, Umar ^a   Safi, Sher Zaman ^a   Chaudhry, Waqas Nasir ^a   Qadri, Ishtiaq ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Awareness; Barbers; Hepatitis; Razor

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISINFECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HAIRDRESSER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; PAKISTAN; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77957945139     PISSN: 19057415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/abm-2010-0053     Document Type: Article

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