Risk Behaviours for Blood-borne Viruses in a Victorian Prison

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-28

  Crofts, Nick ^a   Thompson, Sandra ^b   Wale, Elizabeth ^c   Hernberger, Franz ^d  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Epidemiol and Social Research Unit

^c NONE   (Australia)

^d Macfarlane Bumet Ctr for Med Res

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EID: 0030558076     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000486589602900102     Document Type: Article

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