HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea: An unfolding disaster?

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 304-306

  McBride, William J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIARRHEA; DISASTER; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALARIA; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 28544446208     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00751.x     Document Type: Editorial

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