Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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A survey on community perceptions of jaundice in east Delhi: implications for the prevention and control of viral hepatitis

Received 24 August 1999 ,Revised 14 December 1999 ,Accepted 24 January 2000.

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 243-246 , May 2000