Lessons the “developing” and “developed” nations are learning about pediatric AIDS

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 181-183

  Diegel, Joan ^a   Murtaug, Bridget ^a   Ruppel, Randall ^a   Carcillo, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Developing nation; Human immunodeficiency virus; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927574563     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130478-200104000-00015     Document Type: Editorial

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