HIV/AIDS : a very short introduction /

Providing an introduction to HIV/AIDS, this book explains the science, the international and local politics, the demographics and the devastating consequences of the disease. This book is aimed at general readers interested in the science, the epidemiology and the social effects of the disease which...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whiteside, Alan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2008.
Colección:Very short introductions ; 174.
Temas:
AIDS (Disease)
HIV infections.
HIV Infections
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Sida.
Infections à VIH.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
HIV infections
AIDS
Statistics
Overseas item
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The emergence and state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
  • How HIV/AIDS works and scientific responses
  • The factors that shape different epidemics
  • Illness, deaths, and populations
  • The impact of AIDS on production and people
  • AIDS and politics
  • Responding to HIV/AIDS
  • The next 25 years.

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