Hepatitis B virus among schoolchildren in an endemic area in Egypt over a decade: Impact of hepatitis B vaccine
β Scribed by Azza El Sherbini; Shadia Abdel Mohsen; Zeinab Seleem; Atef Abdel Ghany; Azza Moneib; Abdel Hamid Abaza
- Book ID
- 116196377
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 79 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-3296
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