Estimating the transmission probability of human immunodeficiency virus in injecting drug users in Thailand

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-14

  Hudgens, Michael G ^a   Longini Jr , Ira M ^a,c   Halloran, M Elizabeth ^a   Choopanya, Kachit ^d   Vanichseni, Suphak ^d   Kitayaporn, Dwip ^b   Mastro, Timothy D ^d   Mock, Philip A ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus; Injecting drug user; Interval censoring; Transmission probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035649577     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00216     Document Type: Article

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