The HIV/AIDS epidemic in eastern Europe: Recent patterns and trends and their implications for policy-making

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 741-749

  Dehne, Karl L ^c   Khodakevich, Lev ^a   Hamers, Françoise F ^b   Schwartländer, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^b Europ Ctr for the Epidemiol M   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Epidemiology; HIV; Injecting drug use; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; BELARUS; DATA ANALYSIS; EASTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; KAZAKHSTAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLDOVA; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UKRAINE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE, EASTERN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0007173555     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199905070-00002     Document Type: Article

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