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What Does it Cost? An economic analysis of a harm reduction intervention in Svetlogorsk, Belarus

Damian Walker, Lilani Kumaranayake, Vladimir Romantsov, Svyatoslav Samoshkin, Victor Zviagin London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine, London, UK; NGO `Parents for the Future of Their Children’, Svetlogorsk, Belarus; Council of People’s Deputees of Svetlogorsk Executive Committee, Svetlogorsk, Belarus
Pages 385-395 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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