Estimating the sizes of populations at high risk for HIV: A comparison study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Jing, Liwei ^a   Qu, Chengyi ^a   Yu, Hongmei ^a   Wang, Tong ^a   Cui, Yuehua ^b  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED NETWORK SCALE UP METHOD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLIER METHOD; POPULATION SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALE UP; URBAN AREA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899758147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095601     Document Type: Article

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