The role of international migration in infectious diseases: The HIV epidemic and its trends in Japan

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 745-759

  Komatsu, Ryuichi ^a   Sawada, Takashi ^b  

^a TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBODY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RATE; JAPAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIGRATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COUNSELING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JAPAN; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 35348994816     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.37.4.j     Document Type: Article

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