A case-control study of risk factors for sporadic hepatitis C virus infection in the southwestern United States
β Scribed by Ranga Balasekaran; Marc Bulterys; M.Mazen Jamal; Patrick G Quinn; David E Johnston; Betty Skipper; Sanjana Chaturvedi; Sanjeev Arora
- Book ID
- 119396276
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 55 KB
- Volume
- 94
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9270
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