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Asia Pacific Column

The development of peer educator-based harm reduction programmes in northern Vietnam

Nick Walsh Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Nick Walsh Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Tania M. Gibbie Infectious Disease Department, The Alfred Hospital; School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Monash University
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Peter Higgs Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University; Centre for Harm Reduction, Burnet Institute, Australia
Pages 200-203 | Received 12 Mar 2007, Accepted 17 Oct 2007, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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