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Developing and validating a scoring tool for identifying people who inject drugs at increased risk of hepatitis C virus infection

OBJECTIVES: To develop and validate a scoring tool based on demographic and injecting risk behaviours to identify those who require additional, non-routine serological screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) by assessing their personal risk. DESIGN: Cross-sectional and prospective cohorts. SETTING: Pe...

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Autores principales:	Wand, Handan, Iversen, Jenny, Wilson, David, Topp, Libby, Maher, Lisa
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BMJ Group 2012
Materias:	Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3253425/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22218720 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000387

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