Case-reporting of acute hepatitis B and C among injection drug users
โ Scribed by Holly Hagan; Nadine Snyder; Eillen Hough; Tianji Yu; Shelly McKeirnan; Janice Boase; Jeffrey Duchin
- Book ID
- 111751700
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 66 KB
- Volume
- 79
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1099-3460
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