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Australian resources for ethical participatory processes in public health research
  1. C L Fry1,
  2. A Madden2,
  3. D Brogan3,
  4. B Loff4
  1. 1Senior Research Fellow, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Melbourne, and Fellow, Department of Public Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
  2. 2Director, Australian Injecting & Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL), Canberra, Australia
  3. 3Manager, Victorian Drug Users Group (VIVAIDS), Melbourne, Australia
  4. 4Head, Human Rights and Bioethics Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
  1. Correspondence to:
 Craig Fry
 Senior Research Fellow, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre Inc, 54-62 Gertrude St, Melbourne VIC 3065, Australia; craig.fry{at}turningpoint.org.au

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