Nurses’ Knowledge toward Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in Guilan, Iran

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Nurses’ Knowledge toward Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in Guilan, Iran

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عنوان ژورنال: The Open Nursing Journal

سال: 2017

ISSN: 1874-4346

DOI: 10.2174/1874434601711010034