Forecasting the AIDS epidemic in Puerto Rico

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 997-1010

  Löytönen, Markku ^a   Arbona, Sonia I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Diffusion; Epidemiology; HIV; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; PUERTO RICO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; URBAN AREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AIDS; AIDS EPIDEMIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0029662532     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00205-7     Document Type: Article

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