Directly observed therapy for the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in current and former injection drug users
β Scribed by Jason Grebely; Jesse D Raffa; Caite Meagher; Fiona Duncan; Krista A Genoway; Milan Khara; Mark McLean; Annabel Mead; Mark Viljoen; Stanley DeVlaming; Chris Fraser; Brian Conway
- Book ID
- 108951481
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 190 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0815-9319
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