Socioeconomic geographical links to human immunodeficiency virus seroprevalence among childbearing women in Montreal, 1989-1993

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 691-697

  Hankins, Catherine ^a,b   Tran, Thang ^a   Hum, Lisa ^a   Laberge, Claude ^c   Lapointe, Normand ^d   Lepine, Debbie ^e   Montpetit, Michael ^e   O'Shaughnessy F, Michael V ^f  

^a Infectious Diseases Unit   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^e LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^f Brit Coiumbia Ctr Excellence H

Author keywords

Anonymous testing; Geographic analysis; HIV; Neonatal; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CANADA;

EID: 0031711904     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.4.691     Document Type: Article

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