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Original Articles

Low Rates of Hepatitis A and B Vaccination in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C at an Urban Methadone Maintenance Program

Uriel R. Felsen MD, MPH Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
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Dawn A. Fishbein MD, MS Critical Care Medical Department, National Institutes of Health, NCI-Frederick, Frederick, MD, Washington, DC
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Alain H. Litwin MD, MPH, MS Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Pages 461-465 | Published online: 05 Oct 2010

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