A national cross-sectional study among drug-users in France: epidemiology of HCV and highlight on practical and statistical aspects of the design.

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Published in BMC Infect Dis on July 16, 2009

Authors

Marie Jauffret-Roustide1, Yann Le Strat, Elisabeth Couturier, Damien Thierry, Marc Rondy, Martine Quaglia, Nicolas Razafandratsima, Julien Emmanuelli, Gaelle Guibert, Francis Barin, Jean-Claude Desenclos

Author Affiliations

1: Infectious Diseases Departement, National Institute for Public Health Surveillance, Saint-Maurice, France. m.jauffret@invs.sante.fr

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