Patterns and distribution of HIV among adult men and women in India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Perkins, Jessica M ^a   Khan, Kashif T ^b   Subramanian, S V ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCOME; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CLASS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 66249114370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005648     Document Type: Article

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