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Iatrogenic Hepatitis B Infection of Three Patients in One Family

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Abdulsamad A. Abood*
Affiliation:
Ministry of Research and Higher Education Foundation of Technical Institutes Institute of Medical Technology Bab Al-Moudam-Baghdad, Iraq
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1994

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