Seroprevalence of anti-hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) antibody and HCV-related risk in injecting drug users in northern India: Comparison with non-injecting drug users
β Scribed by Basu, Debasish; Kumar, Vineet; Sharma, Arun Kumar; Barnwal, Pawan Kumar; Mattoo, Surendra Kumar
- Book ID
- 123029305
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 153 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1876-2018
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