Blood transfusions in the early years of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 984-994

  Schneider, William H ^a,c   Drucker, Ernest ^b  

^a Indiana University   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; COLONIALISM; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RED CROSS; RISK; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 33744728734     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.061630     Document Type: Review

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