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Occupational Exposure to Hepatitis C Virus: A Dilemma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Miriam J. Alter
Miriam J. Alter*
Affiliation:
Hepatitis Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Hepatitis Branch, Mailstop G37, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd., Atlanta, GA 30333
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Editorial
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 15 , Issue 12 , December 1994 , pp. 742 - 744
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1994

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