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Injecting risk behaviour and year of first injection as predictors of hepatitis B and C status among methadone maintenance patients in south London

A. Noble National Addiction Centre (The Maudsley/lnstitute of Psychiatry), 4 Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, UK
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D. Best National Addiction Centre (The Maudsley/lnstitute of Psychiatry), 4 Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, UK
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E. Finch National Addiction Centre (The Maudsley/lnstitute of Psychiatry), 4 Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, UK
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M. Gossop National Addiction Centre (The Maudsley/lnstitute of Psychiatry), 4 Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, UK
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C. Sidwell National Addiction Centre (The Maudsley/lnstitute of Psychiatry), 4 Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, UK
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J. Strang National Addiction Centre (The Maudsley/lnstitute of Psychiatry), 4 Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, UK
Pages 131-135 | Accepted 10 Nov 1999, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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