Profile of presentation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection in North India, 2003-2007

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 158-164

  Kumar, S ^a   Wanchu, A ^b   Abeygunasekera, N ^c   Sharma, A ^a   Singh, S ^a   Varma, S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Professorial Surgical Unit   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Clinical profile; HIV; time trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866233550     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.99914     Document Type: Article

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