AIDS in Asia (Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine)
Contributors: Yichen Lu (Editor); Max Essex (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Plenum US
Published: July 14, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 598
ISBN-13: 9780306484834
Subjects: AIDS: social aspects; HIV / AIDS; Public health & preventive medicine; Medical / Nursing; Medical; AIDS & HIV; Health Care Delivery; Public Health; Medical / Public Health; Asia - General; AIDS (Disease); ASIA; Acquired Immunodeficiency Synd; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Developing Countries; epidemiology
First sentence: The rapid growth of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Thailand began in the late 1980s, as in many other countries in Asia, but with a subsequently more rapid upsurge in HIV prevalence than in the other countries.