Comparative assessment of the quality of age-atevent reporting in three HIV cohort studies in sub-Saharan Africa

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Wringe, A ^a   Cremin, I ^b   Todd, J ^c   McGrath, N ^a,d   Kasamba, I ^c   Herbst, K ^d   Mushore, P ^e   Zaba, B ^a   Slaymaker, E ^a  

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

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE AT FIRST MARRIAGE; AGE AT FIRST SEX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; UGANDA; ZIMBABWE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COITUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COITUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649131848     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.033423     Document Type: Article

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