Mathematical modelling of hepatitis C treatment for injecting drug users.

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Published in J Theor Biol on January 12, 2011

Authors

Natasha K Martin1, Peter Vickerman, Matthew Hickman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK. natasha.martin@bristol.ac.uk

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