Is the HIV burden in India being overestimated?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Dandona, Lalit ^a   Lakshmi, Vemu ^b   Kumar, G Anil ^a   Dandona, Rakhi ^a  

^a ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA   (India)

^b NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33846629047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-308     Document Type: Article

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