Epidemiology of HIV in South Africa - Results of a national, community-based survey

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 776-781

  Connolly, Catherine ^a   Colvin, Mark ^b   Shishana, Olive ^c   Stoker, David ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b CADRE   (South Africa)

^c HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 4644342631     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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