Confronting AIDS : update 1988 / / Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1988
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 239 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 362.1/9697/9200973
• Soggetto topico: AIDS (Disease) - Prevention - Government policy - United States; AIDS (Disease) - Treatment - Government policy - United States; AIDS (Disease) - Treatment - United States; AIDS (Disease) - Research - United States; AIDS (Disease) - Research - Government policy - United States; AIDS (Disease) - United States - Prevention
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Introduction; 4 2. HIV Infection and its Epidemiology; 5 3. Understanding the Course of the Epidemic; 6 4. Altering the Course of the Epidemic; 7 5. Care of Persons Infected With HIV; 8 6. The Biology of HIV and Biomedical Research Needs; 9 7. International Aspects of AIDS and HIV Infection; 10 8. A National Commission on HIV Infection and AIDS; 11 Appendix A: Summary and Recommendations from Confronting AIDS: Directions for Public Health, Health Care, and Research; 12 Appendix B: CDC Classification System for HIV Infections and Revised Case Definition for AIDS; 13 Appendix C: Correspondents; 14 Appendix D: Biographical Notes on Committee Members; 15 Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Focuses on the fight against AIDS. This volume also highlights information and events that have given rise to the need for various directions in responding to this disease.
• Titolo autorizzato: Confronting AIDS
• ISBN: 1-280-21490-2; 9786610214907; 0-309-53527-1; 0-585-16836-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817032403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II