Partner notification as a prevention strategy: A social system perspective

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 327-334

  Misir, Prem ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0032977163     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.1999.13.327     Document Type: Review

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