Hepatitis C Prevalence Among Iranian Female prisoners

authors:

avatar Fatemeh Abdi 1 , *

Department of Nosocomial Infection Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IR Iran

how to cite: Abdi F. Hepatitis C Prevalence Among Iranian Female prisoners. Hepat Mon. 2012;12(9):e8130. https://doi.org/10.5812/hepatmon.8130.

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