HIV epidemic in Estonia in the third decade of the AIDS era

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 181-186

  Rüütel, Kristi ^a,b   Uusküla, Anneli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ESTONIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33644603714     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500388743     Document Type: Article

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