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Surgeons who test positive for the e antigen of hepatitis B should be transferred to low-risk duties

✍ Scribed by Dr Anne Cockcroft; Mr Patrick Walker

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1991
Tongue: English
Weight: 494 KB
Volume: 1
Category: Article
ISSN: 1052-9276
DOI: 10.1002/rmv.1980010402

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