The first one hundred AIDS cases in Hong Kong

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 70-76

  Lee, S S ^a,b   Lo, Y C ^a   Wong, K H ^a  

^a AIDS Unit   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIDANOSINE; PENTAMIDINE; ZALCITABINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASIA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN ASIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS; HONG KONG; LENGTH OF LIFE; LIFE EXPECTANCY--CHANGES; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH REPORT; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; TREATMENT; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030030430     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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