Theory, measurement and hard times: Some issues for HIV/AIDS research

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1915-1925

  Friedman, Samuel R ^a   Sandoval, Milagros ^a   Mateu Gelabert, Pedro ^a   Rossi, Diana ^b,c   Gwadz, Marya ^d   Dombrowski, Kirk ^e   Smyrnov, Pavlo ^f   Vasylyeva, Tetyana ^g   Pouget, Enrique R ^a   Perlman, David ^h  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b Intercambios Civil Association   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^f The International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine   (Ukraine)

^g STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^h BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Big events; Cultural historical activity theory; Hard times; HIV; Measurement; Theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CULTURE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC MEASUREMENTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84879027443     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0475-3     Document Type: Article

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