The shape of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Puerto Rico

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 377-383

  Gomez, Maria A ^a   Fernandez, Diana M ^a   Otero, Jose F ^a   Miranda, Sandra ^b   Hunter, Robert ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b Health Department   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL ASPECT; WASTING SYNDROME;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0033859024     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892000000600004     Document Type: Article

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