Comparing the First and Second Hundred AIDS Cases in Hong Kong

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 236-240

  Wong, K H ^a   Lee, S S ^a  

^a Special Preventive Programme Office   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

AIDS; Chinese; Hong Kong; Penicillium marneffei; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032087120     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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