Seroepidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection in hemodialysis patients and the general population in Fukuoka and Okinawa, Japan
β Scribed by Jun Hayashi; Eriko Yoshimura; Atsuko Nabeshima; Yasuhiro Kishihara; Hideyuki Ikematsu; Miki Hirata; Yoshiaki Maedia; Seizaburo Kashiwagi
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 501 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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