Assessment of hepatitis C risk factors and infection prevalence in a jail population.

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Published in Am J Public Health on July 17, 2014

Authors

Philip J Wenger1, Fred Rottnek, Todd Parker, Jeffrey S Crippin

Author Affiliations

1: Philip J. Wenger is with the Department of Pharmacy Practice, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO. Fred Rottnek is with the Department of Family & Community Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis. Todd Parker is with the Saint Louis County Department of Health, Clayton, MO. Jeffrey S. Crippin is with the Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis.

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