Case control study to identify risk factors for acute hepatitis C virus infection in Egypt
β Scribed by Amr M Kandeel, Maha Talaat, Salma A Afifi, Nasr M El-Sayed, Moustafa A Abdel Fadeel, Rana A Hajjeh, Frank J Mahoney
- Book ID
- 119896450
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 177 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1471-2334
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