Rising trends of STIs and HIV infection in Singapore - A review of epidemiology over the last 10 years (1994 to 2003)

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 229-235

  Sen, Priya ^a   Chio, Martin T W ^a   Tan, Hiok Hee ^a   Chan, Roy K W ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Genital herpes; Gonorrhoea; Sex workers; STI HIV; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGAPORE; TREND STUDY;

EID: 33745452174     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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