Perinatal exposure to HIV in Australia, 1982-1994

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-80

  McDonald, Ann M ^a   Cruickshank, Marilyn ^b   Ziegler, John B ^b   Elliott, Elizabeth ^c   Kaldor, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031018369     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb138725.x     Document Type: Article

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