Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Prevalence among Pregnant Women in Rafsanjan City, Iran, 2003

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  • Ahmad Reza Sayyadi Anari Rafsanjan Medical University
  • Latif Ghachkar Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
  • Ziba Shabani Shahrbabaki Rafsanjan Medical University
  • Zohreh Aminzadeh Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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volume 2  issue None

pages  19- 20

publication date 2008-12

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