Trends in HIV incidence in India from 2000 to 2007

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9635, 2008, Pages 289-290

  Arora, Paul ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^b   Bhattacharya, Madhulekha ^c   Nagelkerke, Nico JD ^a,d   Jha, Prabhat ^a  

^a Centre for Global Health Research   (Canada)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (India)

^d UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDOM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; LETTER; MORBIDITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFE SEX;

EID: 47649084436     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61105-8     Document Type: Letter

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