Prevalence of HIV in workforces in southern Africa, 2000 - 2001

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-130

  Evian, Clive ^a   Fox, Matthew ^b   MacLeod, William ^b   Slotow, Sarah Jane ^c   Rosen, Sydney ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c AIDS Management and Support   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OFFICE WORKER; POPULATION RISK; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; WORKPLACE; ZAMBIA;

ADULT; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANONYMOUS TESTING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 1442354234     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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