The changing distribution of HIV infection: HIV surveillance in Lazio, Italy, 1985 through 1994

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1654-1658

  Brancato, Giovanna ^a   Perucci, Carlo A ^a   Abeni, Damiano D C ^a   Sangalli, Massimo ^a   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^b   Arcà, Massimo ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030723829     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.10.1654     Document Type: Article

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