Diphtheria seroprevalence in children living in the eastern Turkey
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Diphtheria seroprevalence in children living in the eastern Turkey.
OBJECTIVES To determine the seroprevalence of diphtheria in 767 children aged 0-6 years and to identify the relationship between diphtheria seroprevalence and several sociodemographic characteristics of the study subjects in the Erzurum, Erzincan and Kars cities situated in Eastern Turkey. DESIGN A cross sectional study. SETTING The subjects were recruited from three cities (Erzurum, Erzinc...
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عنوان ژورنال: East African Medical Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0012-835X
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v80i12.8777