The unhealthy attempts by CDC and WHO to deny the importance of HIV transmission through unsafe health care

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-72

  Brody, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL; CONTRACEPTION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; KENYA; LETTER; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; UNITED NATIONS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; KENYA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TETANUS TOXOID; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 58249100279     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008380     Document Type: Letter

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