Modelling the hepatitis C virus epidemic in Australia.

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Published in Drug Alcohol Depend on July 31, 2007

Authors

Karina Razali1, Hla Hla Thein, Jane Bell, Mark Cooper-Stanbury, Kate Dolan, Greg Dore, Jacob George, John Kaldor, Maria Karvelas, Jiong Li, Lisa Maher, Sharyn McGregor, Margaret Hellard, Fiona Poeder, Julianne Quaine, Kim Stewart, Helen Tyrrell, Martin Weltman, Owen Westcott, Alex Wodak, Matthew Law

Author Affiliations

1: National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia. krazali@nchecr.unsw.edu.au

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