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Managing the public health risk of a ‘sex worker’ with hepatitis B infection: legal and ethical considerations
- Correspondence to Ray Poll, The Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK; ray.poll{at}sth.nhs.uk
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Managing the public health risk of a ‘sex worker’ with hepatitis B infection: legal and ethical considerations
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- Received November 10, 2010
- Revised March 9, 2011
- Accepted April 3, 2011
- First published May 5, 2011.
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April 27, 2016
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