Screening for hepatitis B and vaccination of injecting drug users in NHS drug treatment services
β Scribed by MICHAEL FARRELL; MALCOLM BATTERSBY; JOHN STRANG
- Book ID
- 108593691
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 174 KB
- Volume
- 85
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0965-2140
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