China's HIV/AIDS epidemic: continuing challenges

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9652, 2008, Pages 1791-1793

  Zhang, Kong Lai ^a   Detels, Roger ^b   Liao, Susu ^d   Cohen, Myron ^c   Yu, Dong Bao ^e  

^a Department of Pharmacology   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; METHADONE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONDOM; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 56249122885     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61357-4     Document Type: Note

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