Doctors and nurses with HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7466, 2004, Pages 584-585

  Ncayiyana, Dan J ^a  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MORTALITY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 4544226417     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.584     Document Type: Editorial

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