Russian Federation

Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS in Low and Middle Income Countries: Epidemiology, Prevention and Care

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 531-555

  Sharma, Anjali ^a   Lioznov, Dmitry ^b   Dehovitz, Jack A ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84885423918     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72711-0_24     Document Type: Chapter

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