Seroprevalence of tetanus antibodies among pregnant women in Duhok Governorate, Iraq;Séroprévalence des anticorps antitétaniques chez des femmes enceintes dans le Gouvernorat de Duhok (Iraq)

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 573-578

  Hurmez, L ^a   Habeeb, Q S ^b   Al Derzi, N A ^b  

^a Head of CPD Department   (Iraq)

^b University of Duhok College of Medicine   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IRAQ; PREGNANT WOMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84864050857     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2012.18.6.573     Document Type: Article

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