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Patterns of AIDS and HIV Infection in Europe

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Economic Aspects of AIDS and HIV Infection

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Since 1983, countries belonging to the WHO European region have participated in the surveillance of AIDS in Europe by reporting to the WHO Collaborating Centre on AIDS in Paris. Data are supplied to the Centre, at regular intervals and according to agreed standardized formats, by a single, nationally recognized source per country, each source being responsible for the quality of the data provided.

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  1. GSF-Institut für Medizinische Informatik und Systemforschung, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 8042, Neuherberg, Germany

    Detlef Schwefel  & Reiner Leidl  & 

  2. Department de Teoria Econòmica, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 690, 0834, Barcelona, Spain

    Joan Rovira

  3. Health Services Management Centre, The University of Birmingham, Park House Edgbaston Park Road, B15 2RT, Birmingham, UK

    Michael F. Drummond

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Downs, A.M., Ancelle-Park, R.A., de Vincenzi, I., Brunet, JB. (1990). Patterns of AIDS and HIV Infection in Europe. In: Schwefel, D., Leidl, R., Rovira, J., Drummond, M.F. (eds) Economic Aspects of AIDS and HIV Infection. Health Systems Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84089-0_2

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