Impact of transition on public health in Ukraine: case study of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

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Centre for Research in Health and Social Care, Institute of Health and Social Care, Anglia Polytechnic University, Chelmsford CM1 1SQ.

Published: July 2005

The link between HIV infection and human and economic development in Ukraine is a case study in the impact of economic transition on health

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