The risk for hepatitis A, B, and C at two institutions for children in Somalia with different socioeconomic conditions.

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• Publication year

  1992

• Venue

  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

• Publication date

  1992-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Sociology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.4269/AJTMH.1992.47.357PMID 1524149
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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