HIV and syphilis infection among gold and diamond miners - Guyana, 2004

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 444-449

  Seguy, N ^a   Denniston, M ^a   Hladik, W ^a   Edwards, M ^b   Lafleur, C ^b   Singh Anthony, S ^b   Diaz, T ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health   (Guyana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GUYANA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SYPHILIS; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; PREVALENCE; RISK; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

DIAMOND; GOLD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DIAMOND; GOLD; GUYANA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249084945     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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