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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Reducing alcohol-related harm in people recently treated for hepatitis C

Sasha Hermosa A B E , Stelliana Goutzamanis A B , Joseph Doyle A B C and Peter Higgs https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5587-5379 A D
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A Behaviours and Health Risks Program, Burnet Institute, 85 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Vic. 3004, Australia.

B Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, 553 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Vic. 3004, Australia.

C Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Vic. 3004, Australia.

D Department of Public Health, La Trobe University, 360 Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic. 3000, Australia.

E Corresponding author. Email: sasha.hermosa@student.burnet.edu.au

Australian Journal of Primary Health 25(3) 193-194 https://doi.org/10.1071/PY19074
Submitted: 9 April 2019  Accepted: 8 May 2019   Published: 14 June 2019


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