Race/ethnicity misclassification of persons reported with AIDS

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-94

  Kelly, Janet J ^a   Chu, Susan Y ^a   Diaz, Theresa ^a   Leary, Linda S ^a   Buehler, James W ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Epidemiologic methods; Ethnicity; HIV; Race; Surveillance; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RACE; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030089925     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1996.9961773     Document Type: Article

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