The current status of methods for estimating the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus in the United States of America

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-142

  Karon, John M ^a   Khare, Meena ^b   Rosenberg, Philip S ^c  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032579606     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19980130)17:2<127::AID-SIM756>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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