Association between medical injections and HIV infection in a community-based study in India [5]

AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1334-1336

  Becker, Marissa L ^a   Reza Paul, Sushena ^a   Ramesh, B M ^a,b   Washington, Reynold ^a,b,c   Moses, Stephen ^a,b   Blanchard, James F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b India Canada Collaborative HIV/AIDS Project ICHAP   (India)

^c ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SYRINGE; UGANDA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 24044537648     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000180111.34185.88     Document Type: Letter

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