Barriers to receiving hepatitis c treatment for people who inject drugs myths and evidence

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Barriers to receiving hepatitis c treatment for people who inject drugs myths and evidence

Background: Alcohol consumption, current injecting drug use, and pre-existing mental illness have been identified as 3 of the main reasons for excluding patients from treatment for hepatitis C. Objectives: We reviewed the literature to obtain an evidence base for these common exclusion criteria. Mat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Higgs, Peter, Sacks-Davis, R., Gold, J., Hellard, M.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Tehran Hepatitis Center 2011
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54407

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