Age-specific frequency of screen-detected hepatitis C virus seropositivity in men from the Punjab province of Pakistan

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 214-216

  Hyder, Omar ^a   Ijaz, Mohsin ^b   Arshad, Muhammad Ateeq ^c   Zahira, Tahseen ^c  

^a RAWALPINDI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Healthcare Diagnostic Center   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251493023     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jms.2010.010101     Document Type: Article

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