HIV surveys in older adults: Better data, better health

The Lancet HIV

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e40-e41

  Vollmer, Sebastian ^a,b   Alfven, Tobias ^c   Padayachy, Jude ^c   Harttgen, Kenneth ^d   Ghys, Peter D ^c   Bärnighausen, Till ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84923814804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(15)00004-1     Document Type: Note

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