Cohort profile: The Likoma Network Study (LNS)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 545-557

  Helleringer, Stéphane ^a   Mkandawire, James ^b   Kalilani Phiri, Linda ^b   Kohler, Hans Peter ^c  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERVIEW; LIKOMA NETWORK STUDY; MALAWI; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; STRENGTH; STUDY DESIGN; TANZANIA; WEAKNESS; ZAMBIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895517860     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt001     Document Type: Article

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