Anthropology speaks to medicine: The case HIV/AIDS in Africa

McGill Journal of Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-132

  Ramin, Brodie ^a,b,c  

^a University of Toronto ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c McGill and Development Studies   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; SEXUALITY;

EID: 41149174269     PISSN: 1201026X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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