HIV/AIDS occurrence in the main university teaching hospital in Cameroon: Audit of the 2001 activities of the service of internal medicine

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-65

  Kengne, André Pascal ^a   Kaze, François Folefack ^b   Dzudie, Anastase ^b   Awah, Paschal Kum ^b   Ngu, Kattlen Blackett ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences   (Cameroon)

^c University Teaching Hospital Yaounde   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Africa; Cameroon; HIV AIDS; hospital service

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34248587016     PISSN: 15451097     EISSN: 15570886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545109706297550     Document Type: Article

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