Prevalence and duration of hepatitis C among injection drug users in San Francisco, Calif.

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Published in Am J Public Health on January 01, 2001

Authors

J Lorvick1, A H Kral, K Seal, L Gee, B R Edlin

Author Affiliations

1: Urban Health Study, University of California, San Francisco, Box 1304, San Francisco, CA 94143-1304, USA. jbo@itsa.ucsf.edu

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