scotPHO introduction:
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  Introduction
  Risk Factors
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Hepatitis C: key references

Effective Interventions Unit. Hepatitis C: Risks and prevention strategies in injecting drug usersPDF Button(204Kb). Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2002.

Health Education Board for Scotland (HEBS). Preventing HCV in Scotland: Options for action PDF Button(1,070Kb). Edinburgh: HEBS, 2002.

Hutchinson SJ, Roy KM, Wadd S et al.  Hepatitis Virus Infection in Scotland: Epidemiological Review and Public Health Challenges. Scottish Med J 2006;51:8-15. PDF Button(651Kb)

McLeod A, Codere G, Hutchinson S, Shaw L, Goldberg D. Surveillance of known hepatitis C antibody positive cases in Scotland: Results to 30 June 2006. PDF Button(268Kb)

Scottish Executive. Report of the HIV health promotion strategy review group. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2001.

Scottish Executive. Hepatitis C: Proposed action plan in Scotland. PDF Button(303Kb). Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2005.

Scottish Executive. Hepatitis C Action Plan. PDF Button(403Kb) Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2006.

Scottish Needs Assessment Programme (SNAP). Hepatitis CPDF Button(2.85MB). Glasgow: Office for Public Health in Scotland, 2000.

World Health Organisation (WHO). Hepatitis C - global prevalence (update). Weekly Epidemiological Record 10 December 1999PDF Button(194Kb);74:425-427.