Black Caribbean adults with HIV in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland: An emerging epidemic?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-23

  Dougan, S ^a   Payne, L J C ^a   Brown, A E ^a   Fenton, K A ^a   Logan, L ^a   Evans, B G ^a   Gill, O N ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WEST INDIES;

EID: 1242314724     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2003.006163     Document Type: Review

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