Sailors and star-bursts, and the arrival of HIV

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7123, 1997, Pages 1689-1691

  Hooper, Edward ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAILOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0031588507     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7123.1689     Document Type: Short Survey

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