AIDS and intravenous drug use: The real heterosexual epidemic

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 294, Issue 6569, 1987, Pages 389-390

  Moss, A R ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DRUG ABUSE; EPIDEMIC; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; RISK; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0023108849     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.294.6569.389     Document Type: Article

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