Elderly Africans have AIDS too

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7767, 2010, Pages 266-

  Awofeso, Niyi ^a   Rammohan, Anu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CATARACT; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PREVALENCE;

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77955911574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c4169     Document Type: Letter

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