AIDS incidence and mortality in injecting drug users: The AjUDE-Brasil II Project

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 827-837

  Cardoso, Mauro Nogueira ^a   Caiaffa, Waleska Teixeira ^a   Mingoti, Sueli Aparecida ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Intravenous Substance Abuse; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646249115     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2006000400021     Document Type: Review

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