Risk and vulnerability: Do socioeconomic factors influence the risk of acquiring HIV in Asia?

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Greener, R ^a   Sarkar, Swarup ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^b TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HIV; Inequality; Poverty; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MARRIAGE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STIGMA;

ADULT; ASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78650506908     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000390084.37812.30     Document Type: Article

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