Regional and ethnic aspects of viral hepatitis B among pregnant women

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-25

  Kristian, Pavol ^a   Veselská, Zuzana Dankulincová ^a   Paraličová, Zuzana ^a   Jarčuška, Peter ^a   Virág, Ladislav ^a   Valková, Ivana ^a   Schréter, Ivan ^a  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Hepatitis B; Pregnancy; Regional differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878638620     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3800     Document Type: Article

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