Male-to-Female Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 258, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 788-790

  Padian, Nancy ^a   Marquis, Linda ^a   Francis, Donald P ^b   Anderson, Robert E ^b   Rutherford, George W ^c   O’malley, Paul M ^c   Winkelstein, Warren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COITUS; FEMALE; HIV; HIV ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84944658390     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1987.03400060064030     Document Type: Article

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