A case-control study of factors associated with HIV infection among black women

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1798-1804

  Forna, Fatu M ^a,b   Fitzpatrick, Lisa ^b   Adimora, Adaora A ^c   McLellan Lemal, Eleanor ^b   Leone, Peter ^c,d   Brooks, John T ^b   Marks, Gary ^b   Greenberg, Alan ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d North Carolina Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; Herpes; HIV transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33845358411     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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