Hepatitis B infection: Prevalence and response to vaccination among health care workers in Babol, Northern Iran

Iranian Journal of Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 189-194

  Bayani, Masomeh ^a   Siadati, Sepideh ^a   Hajiahmadi, Mahmoud ^a   Khani, Afshin ^a   Naemi, Navid ^a  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Health personnel; Hepatitis B; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893965852     PISSN: 17355303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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