Human hydatidosis in Tehran, Iran: A retrospective epidemiological study of surgical cases between 1999 and 2009 at two university medical centers

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 450-456

  Ahmadi, N A ^a,b   Badi, F ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052156926     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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