Adjusting for confounding when estimating a time trend in HIV prevalence based on pooled serum samples

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 89-105

  Vansteelandt, S ^a,b   Goetghebeur, E ^a   Verstraeten, T ^a  

^a RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic research design; HIV seroprevalence; Sentinel surveillance; Seroepidemiological methods; Standardization; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TECHNIQUE; TIME;

EID: 0033371935     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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