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Peer-delivered hepatitis C testing and counselling: a means of improving the health of injecting drug users

Campell K. Aitken The Centre for Harm Reduction, The Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research Fairfield, Victoria, Australia
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Michael Kerger The Centre for Harm Reduction, The Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research Fairfield, Victoria, Australia
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Nick Crofts The Centre for Harm Reduction, The Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research Fairfield, Victoria, Australia
Pages 33-37 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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