Prevalence of HCV Infections and Co-Infection With HBV and HIV and Associated Risk Factors Among Addicts in Drug Treatment Centers, Lorestan Province, Iran
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Norouzian
H, Gholami
M, Shakib
P, Goudarzi
G, Ghobadian Diali
H, et al. Prevalence of HCV Infections and Co-Infection With HBV and HIV and Associated Risk Factors Among Addicts in Drug Treatment Centers, Lorestan Province, Iran,
Int J High Risk Behav Addict.
2016
; 5(1):e25028.
doi: 10.5812/ijhrba.25028.
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