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The prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen and anti-hepatitis B core antibody in Iran: a population-based study.

Shahin Merat, Mehdi Nouraie, Arsia Jamali, Shervin Assari, Hassan Abolghasemi, Amir Reza Radmard, Hanieh Zaer‐Rezaii, Mahmood Zeid-Abadi-Nejhad, M. Reza Hosseini, Sedigheh Amini‐Kafiabad,

PubMed · 2009 · 127 citations · 21 references

Abstract

In spite of nationwide vaccination of newborns against hepatitis B virus since 1992, hepatitis B virus infection remains a very common cause of chronic liver disease in Iran which should be dealt with for at least the next 30-50 years.

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Declining incidence of esophageal cancer in the Turkmen Plain, eastern part of the Caspian Littoral of Iran: A retrospective cancer surveillance

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Shahin Merat, Reza Malekzadeh, Rezvan Hashemi et al. · 2000 · 131 citations

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Hepatitis B surface antigen and anti-hepatitis C antibodies among blood donors in the Islamic Republic of Iran

A Alavian Ghavanini, Mohamad Reza Sabri · Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal · 2000 · 102 citations · Full text

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