Hepatitis C Virus Prevalence, Screening, and Treatment Among People Who Are Incarcerated in Canada: Leaving No One Behind in the Direct-Acting Antiviral Era

Overview

Journal Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken)

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 2021 Mar 8

PMID 33680440

Citations 6

Authors

Sofia R Bartlett

Jane Buxton

Adam Palayew

Camila A Picchio

Naveed Z Janjua

Nadine Kronfli

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