HIV among Haitian-born persons in the United States, 1985-2007

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2089-2097

  Marc, Linda G ^a   Patel Larson, Alpa ^a   Hall, H Irene ^a   Hughes, Denise ^a   Alegría, Margarita ^a   Jeanty, Georgette ^a   Eveillard, Yanick Sanon ^a   Jean Louis, Eustache ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

foreign born; Haitian; HIV prevention; HIV AIDS; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HAITI; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955429858     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833bedff     Document Type: Article

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