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Sleepwalking through an epidemic: why social work should wake up to the threat of Hepatitis C

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Sleepwalking through an epidemic: why social work should wake up to the threat of Hepatitis C. / Paylor, Ian; Orgel, Michael.
In: British Journal of Social Work, Vol. 36, No. 6, 2004, p. 897-906.

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Paylor, I & Orgel, M 2004, 'Sleepwalking through an epidemic: why social work should wake up to the threat of Hepatitis C', British Journal of Social Work, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 897-906. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bch107

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Paylor, I., & Orgel, M. (2004). Sleepwalking through an epidemic: why social work should wake up to the threat of Hepatitis C. British Journal of Social Work, 36(6), 897-906. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bch107

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Paylor I, Orgel M. Sleepwalking through an epidemic: why social work should wake up to the threat of Hepatitis C. British Journal of Social Work. 2004;36(6):897-906. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bch107

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Paylor, Ian ; Orgel, Michael. / Sleepwalking through an epidemic : why social work should wake up to the threat of Hepatitis C. In: British Journal of Social Work. 2004 ; Vol. 36, No. 6. pp. 897-906.

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