Invited commentary: Should we estimate incidence for undefined populations?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 153, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 935-937

  Schoenbach, Victor J ^a   Poole, Charles ^a   Miller, William C ^a,b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0035873143     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/153.10.935     Document Type: Note

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