Place matters: Multilevel investigation of HIV distribution in Tanzania

AIDS

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 741-748

  Msisha, Wezi M ^a   Kapiga, Saidi H ^b   Earls, Felton J ^b   Subramanian, S V ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Epidemiology; Geography; HIV; Seroprevalence; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; TANZANIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; POVERTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 41349092789     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282f3947f     Document Type: Article

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