Characterizing trends in HIV infection among men who have sex with men in Australia by birth cohorts: Results from a modified back-projection method

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wand, Handan ^a   Wilson, David ^a   Yan, Ping ^b   Gonnermann, Andrea ^c   McDonald, Ann ^a   Kaldor, John ^a   Law, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Center for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Population Public Health Branch   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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EID: 77955226611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-12-19     Document Type: Article

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