Operating in a Yellow Nation; the frequency of hepatitis B and hepatitis C positive at a tertiary care teaching hospital

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1058-1060

  Waheed, Abdul ^a   Zafar ul Ahsan, ^a   Zaeem, Faisal Ahmed ^a   Shariff, Mian Muhammad ^a   Qayyum, Abdul ^b  

^a FATIMA JINNAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b Defence Housing Authority ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UROLOGICAL PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649698887     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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