Treating the Numbers: HIV/AIDS Surveillance, Subjectivity, and Risk

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 292-309

  Sangaramoorthy, Thurka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

governance; HIV AIDS; identity; risk; statistics; United States

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HAITI; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FLORIDA; HAITI; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84863590612     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2011.622322     Document Type: Article

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