The frequency of hepatitis B and C among volunteer blood donors in Balochistan

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-76

  Khan, Zafar Ahmad ^a   Aslam, Mohammad Imran ^b   Ali, Sajjad ^c  

^a BolanMedical College   (Pakistan)

^b Mohammad Nagar Burewala Hospital   (Pakistan)

^c Sandeman Provincial Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Awareness; Balochistan; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 85013676831     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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