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Original Article

Có vay có tr (What goes around comes around): culture, risk and vulnerability to blood-borne viruses among ethnic Vietnamese injecting drug users

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Pages 420-428 | Received 27 Mar 2007, Accepted 07 Sep 2007, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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