HIV prevalence among female sex workers, drug users and men who have sex with men in Brazil: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Malta, Monica ^a   Magnanini, Monica Mf ^b   Mello, Maeve B ^a   Pascom, Ana Roberta P ^c   Linhares, Yohana ^a   Bastos, Francisco I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77953078532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-317     Document Type: Article

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