Ageing faster with AIDS in Africa

The Lancet

Volumn 377, Issue 9772, 2011, Pages 1131-1133

  Mills, Edward J ^a   Rammohan, Anu ^b   Awofeso, Niyi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79953277328     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)62180-0     Document Type: Note

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