The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Thailand - The first two decades

Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS in Low and Middle Income Countries: Epidemiology, Prevention and Care

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 401-432

  Chariyalertsak, Suwat ^a   Aramrattana, Apinun ^a   Celentano, David D ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72711-0_18     Document Type: Chapter

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