An outbreak of HIV infection among injection drug users in a small town in Pakistan: Potential for national implications [2]

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-

  Shah, Sharaf Ali ^a   Altaf, Arshad ^b   Mujeeb, Syed Abdul ^c   Memon, Ashraf ^a  

^a Government of Sindh Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LETTER; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 1642297740     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646204322916713     Document Type: Letter

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