Hepatitis B virus infection in adolescents in a rural township—15 years subsequent to mass hepatitis B vaccination in Taiwan
✍ Scribed by Sheng-Nan Lu; Chien-Hung Chen; Tsung-Ming Chen; Pei-Lun Lee; Jing-Houng Wang; Hung-Da Tung; Chao-Hung Hung; Chuan-Mo Lee; Chi-Sin Changchien
- Book ID
- 116958384
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 101 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0264-410X
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