HIV-infected workers deported from the Gulf States: Impact on Southern Pakistan

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 812-814

  Shah, S A ^a   Khan, O A ^b   Kristensen, S ^d   Vermund, Sten H ^c  

^a Sindh AIDS Control Program   (Pakistan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; HIV; Middle East; Migration; Pakistan; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRANT WORKER; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN RESOURCES; INCIDENCE; LABOR FORCE; MEASUREMENT; MIGRANT WORKERS; PAKISTAN; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOUTHERN ASIA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PAKISTAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0032721950     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462991913600     Document Type: Article

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