Epidemiology of HIV and AIDS in the Asia-Pacific region

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 494-498

  Dore, Gregory J ^a   Kaldor, John M ^a,b,c   Ungchusak, Kumnuan ^a,d,e   Mertens, Thierry E ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Department of Epidemiology ^*

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d Field Epidemiology Training Program

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f Global Programme on AIDS

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASIA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029972360     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb138615.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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