Age-specific HIV incidence among homosexually active men in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 164, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 715-718

  Law, Matthew G ^a   Rosenberg, Philip S ^c   McDonald, Ann ^a   Kaldor, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Department of Epidemiology ^*

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029899265     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb122268.x     Document Type: Article

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