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This website is based on the publication: B POSITIVE – ALL YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT HEPATITIS B: A GUIDE FOR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS

published by the:

Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM) Locked Bag 5057, Darlinghurst, NSW 1300 Telephone (61) (02) 8204 0700 Facsimile (61) (02) 9212 2382 Email [email protected] Website http://www.ashm.org.au ABN 48 264 545 457 CFN 17788

First published 2008

Editors: Gail Matthews & Nicole Allard Copy Editor: Mary Sinclair

ISBN: 978-0-9579114-9-9

Includes index. Hepatitis, Viral-Handbooks, manuals etc.

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