Strong association between in-migration and HIV prevalence in urban sub-saharan Africa

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 240-243

  Voeten, Hélène A C M ^a   Vissers, Debby C J ^a   Gregson, Simon ^b,c   Zaba, Basia ^d   White, Richard G ^d   De Vlas, Sake J ^a   Habbema, J Dik F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IN MIGRATION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78650770362     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181c3f2d0     Document Type: Article

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