Trends in age at AIDS diagnosis in Europe and the United States: Evidence of pronounced 'ageing' among injecting drug users

AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1001-1007

  Zellweger, Ueli ^a   Wang, Jen ^a   Heusser, Rolf ^a   Somaini, Bertino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age; AIDS; Homosexual men; Injecting drug users; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; EUROPE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029900392     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199610090-00011     Document Type: Article

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