HIV in Singapore - Past, present, and future

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 110-118

  Cutter, Jeffery L ^a,b   Lim, Wei Yen ^b   Ang, Li Wei ^b   Tun, Ye ^b   James, Lyn ^b   Chew, Suok Kai ^b  

^a AIDS Task Force   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BANK; CONDOM; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LAW; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PROSTITUTION; PROTECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 3042637212     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.16.3.5.110.35528     Document Type: Review

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