## Abstract While much is known about hepatitis C virus (HCV) among injecting drug users (IDUs), there is scant information about the risk of HCV infection to nonβinjecting sexual partners of injecting drug users; it is possible that such individuals may have a greater risk of acquiring HCV than an
Methadone maintenance and hepatitis C virus infection among injecting drug users
β Scribed by NICK CROFTS; LUCIANO NIGRO; KIMBERLEY OMAN; ELAINE STEVENSON; JOHN SHERMAN
- Book ID
- 108595844
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 471 KB
- Volume
- 92
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0965-2140
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