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The declining rates of hepatitis B carriage among adolescents and young people in the Eastern region of Saudi Arabia

Khalid. M. Al-Jubran, Mohamed. A. Al-Dossary and Salah H. Elsafi
Saudi Medical Journal August 2016, 37 (8) 864-870; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.8.14494
Khalid. M. Al-Jubran
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Science (Al-Jubran, Elsafi), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences, Dhahran, and the Medical Laboratory Department (Al-Dossary), Armed Forces Hospital, Wadi Al-Dawasir, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MSc, PhD
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Mohamed. A. Al-Dossary
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Science (Al-Jubran, Elsafi), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences, Dhahran, and the Medical Laboratory Department (Al-Dossary), Armed Forces Hospital, Wadi Al-Dawasir, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Salah H. Elsafi
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Science (Al-Jubran, Elsafi), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences, Dhahran, and the Medical Laboratory Department (Al-Dossary), Armed Forces Hospital, Wadi Al-Dawasir, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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