Concurrent partnerships and HIV prevalence disparities by race: Linking science and public health practice

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1023-1031

  Morris, Martina ^a   Kurth, Ann E ^a   Hamilton, Deven T ^a   Moody, James ^b   Wakefield, Steve ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SIMULATION; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67049100366     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.147835     Document Type: Article

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