HIV/AIDS prevalence among male patients in Kuwait

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 852-859

  Al Owaish, Rashed A ^a   Anwar, Shakil ^a   Sharma, Promila ^b   Shah, Syed F ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Kuwait; Males; Prevalence; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0034278881     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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