Empirical evidence for the severe but localized impact of AIDS on population structure

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 553-557

  Low Beer, Daniel ^a,b   Stoneburner, Rand L ^b,c   Mukulu, Andrew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c International Centre for Migration and Health   (Switzerland)

^d Min of Fin and Economic Planning   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UGANDA;

EID: 0031005859     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0597-553     Document Type: Article

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