A county-level examination of the relationship between HIV and social determinants of health: 40 states, 2006-2008

Open AIDS Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Gant, Z ^a   Lomotey, M ^a   Hall, H I ^a   Hu, X ^a   Guo, X ^b   Song, R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

County level; HIV; Income inequality; Non whites; Proportion unmarried; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859501961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18746136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874613601206010001     Document Type: Article

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