Global epidemiology of hepatitis B virus.

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Published in J Clin Gastroenterol on December 16, 2004

Authors

Brian Custer1, Sean D Sullivan, Thomas K Hazlet, Uchenna Iloeje, David L Veenstra, Kris V Kowdley

Author Affiliations

1: Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. bcuster@bloodsystems.org

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