HIV/AIDS vulnerability of Nepali migrants to India: whose concern?

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9548, 2006, Pages 1648-

  Poudel, Krishna C ^a   Poudel Tandukar, Kalpana ^a   Jimba, Masamine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GOVERNMENT; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MIGRATION; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 33845981442     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69692-X     Document Type: Letter

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