Discrimination against hepatitis B carriers in China

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9796, 2011, Pages 1059-

  Yang, Tian ^a   Wu, Meng Chao ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CHINA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIETY; STIGMA; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 80053005324     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61460-8     Document Type: Note

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