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Original Article

Preventing hepatitis C: what do positive injectors do?

Susan J Carruthers National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 193-198 | Received 16 Oct 2003, Accepted 05 Apr 2004, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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