Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among female prostitutes in Fukuoka, Japan
β Scribed by Koya Nakashima; Seizaburo Kashiwagi; Jun Hayashi; Kunihiro Urabe; Kikuo Minami; Yoshiaki Maed
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 479 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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