What role should criminal justice play in the fight against STIs?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-5

  Gurnham, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LAW SUIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

CRIMINAL LAW; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84855906024     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050403     Document Type: Editorial

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