AIDS in Africa: a retrospective.
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چکیده
This section looks back to some ground-breaking contributions to public health, reproducing them in their original form and adding a commentary on their significance from a modern-day perspective. To complement the theme of this month’s Bulletin, Thomas C. Quinn reviews the paper he co-authored in 1986 on AIDS in Africa. The original paper is reproduced by permission of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization
دوره 79 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001