Reducing uncertainties in global HIV prevalence estimates: The case of Zambia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Dzekedzeke, Kumbutso ^a,b   Fylkesnes, Knut ^b  

^a Central Statistical Office   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; ZAMBIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; UTILIZATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; URBAN HEALTH; ZAMBIA;

EID: 33744905063     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-83     Document Type: Article

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