The effect of oral Zinc sulfate on hepatitis B vaccine immunogenicity in premature infants

Life Science Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3366-3368

  Mitra, Hemmati ^a   Shokoufeh, Ahmadipour ^a   Homa, Babaei ^a   Azam, Mohsenzadeh ^b  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibody; Hepatitis B; Premature; Zinc sulfate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877046149     PISSN: 10978135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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