Detection and treatment of HIV and hepatitis virus infections in Swiss correctional facilities
✍ Scribed by Miriam G. Gerlich; Ulrich Frick; Lynn Pirktl; Ambros Uchtenhagen
- Book ID
- 105768568
- Publisher
- SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 97 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1661-8556
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