Prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection after implementation of a hepatitis B vaccination program among children in three provinces in Cambodia
β Scribed by Mao, Bunsoth; Patel, Minal K.; Hennessey, Karen; Duncan, Richard J.W.; Wannemuehler, Kathleen; Soeung, Sann Chan
- Book ID
- 123415858
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 550 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0264-410X
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