Conflict and HIV: A framework for risk assessment to prevent HIV in conflict-affected settings in Africa

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Mock, Nancy B ^a,b   Duale, Sambe ^b   Brown, Lisanne F ^b   Mathys, Ellen ^b   O'Maonaigh, Heather C ^b   Abul Husn, Nina K L ^b   Elliott, Sterling ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; DEPRESSION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INJURY; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 15544363247     PISSN: 17427622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-1-6     Document Type: Review

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