Assessment of HIV testing rates among HIV infected individuals using incidence data on HIV and AIDS diagnoses

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 497-511

  Marschner, Ian C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; AUSTRALIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030002844     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19960315)15:5<497::AID-SIM183>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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