Prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection among patients in the HIV Outpatient Study, 1996–2007
✍ Scribed by P. R. Spradling; J. T. Richardson; K. Buchacz; A. C. Moorman; J. T. Brooks; the HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS) Investigators
- Book ID
- 108886398
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 272 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1352-0504
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