Blind spots in the epidemiology of HIV in black Americans

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-3

  Potterat, John J ^a   Brewer, Devon D ^b   Brody, Stuart ^a  

^a Interdisciplinary Scientific Research ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anal intercourse; HIV epidemiology; Iatrogenic transmission; Race; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANUS INTERCOURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEGRO; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42949117903     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2007.007238     Document Type: Review

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