HIV transmission in a prison system in an Australian State.

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Published in Med J Aust on July 05, 1999

Authors

K A Dolan1, A Wodak

Author Affiliations

1: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney. ndarc8@unsw.edu.au

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