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Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 505-507

  White, Franklin ^a,b,c  

^a Pacific Health and Development Sciences Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYGIENE; IMMUNIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MALARIA; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; POLICY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; SANITATION; SEXISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE; WORK;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84867490084     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342566     Document Type: Article

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