Estimates of the number of prevalent and incident human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in Canada, 2008

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 486-490

  Yang, Qiuying ^a   Boulos, David ^a   Yan, Ping ^a   Zhang, Fan ^a   Remis, Robert S ^b   Schanzer, Dena ^a   Archibald, Chris P ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

HIV; Incidence; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651325736     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403969     Document Type: Article

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