Socioeconomic status and risk of HIV infection in an urban population in Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 793-802

  Hargreaves, James R ^a   Morison, Linda A ^a   Chege, Jane ^a   Rutenburg, Naomi ^a   Kahindo, Maina ^a   Weiss, Helen A ^a   Hayes, Richard ^a   Buvé, Anne ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Epidemiology; Heterosexual transmission; HIV prevalence; Risk factors; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

KENYA;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0036379476     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00943.x     Document Type: Article

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