Responding to Hepatitis C through the Criminal Justice System
Authors:
- Scott A. AllenSAScott A. Allen
- Brie A. WilliamsBWBrie A. Williams
- 15 May 2014
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 370 (20) , 1871-1874
Abstract
From a public health standpoint, the high concentration of patients in correctional institutions with hepatitis C — now a curable contagious disease — presents a critical opportunity to curtail this epidemic.Keywords
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