Commentary: The social pathology of the HIV/AIDS pandemic

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-192

  Myer, Landon ^a,b   Morroni, Chelsea ^a,c   Susser, Ezra S ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMMUNITY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NOTE; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOPATHY; SYPHILIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0038107192     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg027     Document Type: Note

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