How patterns of migration can influence the heterosexual transmission of HIV in the Netherlands

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 289-291

  Xiridou, Maria ^a   Van Veen, Maaike ^a   Prins, Maria ^b,c   Coutinho, Roel ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; TIME FACTORS; WEST INDIES;

EID: 79956281833     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2010.048512     Document Type: Article

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