A mathematical model of HIV transmission in NSW prisons

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 197-202

  Dolan, Kate ^a,b   Wodak, Alex ^a,b   Hall, Wayne ^a   Kaplan, Edward ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV transmission; Injecting; Mathematical model; Prison; Syringe sharing

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEEDLE SHARING; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PROBABILITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032079003     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(98)00009-X     Document Type: Article

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