Infectious diseases in Pakistan: A clear and present danger

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9884, 2013, Pages 2138-2140

  Sultan, Faisal ^a   Khan, Aamir ^b  

^a SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL CANCER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b Maternal and Child Health   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BED NET; BLOOD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRACUNCULIASIS; DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LAW; MALARIA; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RABIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TRANSGENDERISM; TUBERCULOSIS; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 84879203681     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60248-2     Document Type: Note

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