Condoms in concentrated and generalised HIV epidemics

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9635, 2008, Pages 275-276

  Rutherford, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDOM; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 47649119492     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61092-2     Document Type: Note

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