HIV infection does not disproportionately affect the poorer in sub-Saharan Africa

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 7, 2007, Pages

  Mishra, Vinod ^a   Assche, Simona Bignami Van ^b   Greener, Robert ^c   Vaessen, Martin ^a   Hong, Rathavuth ^a   Ghys, Peter D ^c   Boerma, J Ties ^d   Van Assche, Ari ^e   Khan, Shane ^a   Rutstein, Shea ^a  

^a MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; HIV; Poverty; Sexual behaviour; Wealth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCUMCISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 36448962724     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000300532.51860.2a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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