An informetric investigation of the relatedness of opportunistic infections to HIV/AIDS

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1573-1588

  Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire ^a   Ocholla, Dennis N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; HIV infections; Information retrieval; Information theory in research; Informetrics; Opportunistic infections

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISEASE CONTROL; PLANNING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; VIRUSES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HIV INFECTIONS; INFORMATION THEORY IN SEARCH; INFORMETRICS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 22944483765     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2005.03.015     Document Type: Article

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