Fighting the HIV epidemic in the Islamic world

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9883, 2013, Pages 2058-2060

  Kamarulzaman, Adeeba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

BANGLADESH; CIRCUMCISION; CONDOM; DRUG USE; EXTRAMARITAL SEX; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDONESIA; IRAN; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; MALAYSIA; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MOSLEM; NEEDLE; NOTE; PREMARITAL SEX; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RELIGION;

EID: 84878959570     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61033-8     Document Type: Note

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