Infection with HIV and hepatitis C virus among injecting drug users in a prevention setting: retrospective cohort study.

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Published in BMJ on August 15, 1998

Authors

I van Beek1, R Dwyer, G J Dore, K Luo, J M Kaldor

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1: Kirketon Road Centre, PO Box 22, Kings Cross, New South Wales 1340, Australia. ivanbeek@ozemail.com.au

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