Social epidemiology in South Africa

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue , 2004, Pages 112-123

  Myer, Landon ^a,b   Ehrlich, Rodney I ^a   Susser, Ezra S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIGRATION; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 3042767827     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxh004     Document Type: Review

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