The cost of hepatitis A infections in American adolescents and adults in 1997
โ Scribed by Jeremy J. Berge; David P. Drennan; R. Jake Jacobs; Alan Jakins; Allen S. Meyerhoff; Wayne Stubblefield; Melvyn Weinberg
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 83 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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