Prevalence and Correlates of Hepatitis C Infection among Male Injection Drug Users in Detention, Tehran, Iran
β Scribed by Parastoo Kheirandish; SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi; MohammadReza Jahani; Hadi Shirzad; MohammadReza Seyed Ahmadian; Ali Majidi; AmirHoushang Sharifi; Mostafa Hosseini; Minoo Mohraz; Willi McFarland
- Book ID
- 107384822
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 101 KB
- Volume
- 86
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1099-3460
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