HIV and related infections in a sample of recyclable waste collectors of Brazil

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 653-654

  Rozman, Mauro Abrahão ^a   Alves, Igor Santino ^a   Porto, Marcela Alves ^a   Gomes, Patrícia Oliveira ^a   Ribeiro, Nilva Maria ^a   Nogueira, Lucyene Aparecida Andrade ^a   Caseiro, Marcos Monteiro ^a   Da Silva, Vera Aparecida ^b   Massad, Eduardo ^b,c   Burattini, Marcelo Nascimento ^a,b  

^a Department of Health Sciences   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BRAZIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POVERTY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 44349083555     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646207781568574     Document Type: Letter

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