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Prevention and treatment of hepatitis C in injection drug users
Article first published online: 10 FEB 2006
DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840360727
Copyright © 2002 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
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Hepatology
Supplement: National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference
Volume 36, Issue Supplement 1, pages S210–S219, November 2002
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Edlin, B. R. (2002), Prevention and treatment of hepatitis C in injection drug users. Hepatology, 36: S210–S219. doi: 10.1002/hep.1840360727
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- Issue published online: 10 FEB 2006
- Article first published online: 10 FEB 2006
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