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Practice Guideline
. 2017 Apr 24;189(16):E594-E604.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.161521.

Recommendations on hepatitis C screening for adults

Roland Grad  1 , Brett Thombs  2 , Marcello Tonelli  3 , Maria Bacchus  3 , Richard Birtwhistle  4 , Scott Klarenbach  5 , Harminder Singh  6 , Veronique Dorais  7 , Nathalie Holmes  7 , Wendy Martin  7 , Rachel Rodin  7 , Alejandra Jaramillo Garcia  7 ; Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
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Recommendations on hepatitis C screening for adults

Roland Grad et al. CMAJ. .
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