Refocusing the lens: Epidemiologic transition theory, mortality differentials, and the AIDs pandemic

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 609-621

  Gaylin, Daniel S ^a   Kates, Jennifer ^a  

^a LEWIN GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Epidemiologic transition; Infections; Mortality differentials

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; THEORY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0031030887     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00212-2     Document Type: Article

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