Do the medical, dental and nursing students of first year know about hepatits B? A study from a university of North India

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Maroof, Khan Amir ^a   Bansal, Rahul ^a   Parashar, Pawan ^a   Sartaj, Ahmad ^a  

^a SUBHARTI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Hepatitis b; Subharti university; Unsafe blood transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; NURSING STUDENT; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; UNSAFE SEX; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84455203050     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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