Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in HIV prevalence among young people in seven countries in Eastern and Southern Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Hargreaves, James R ^a   Davey, Calum ^a   Fearon, Elizabeth ^a   Hensen, Bernadette ^a   Krishnaratne, Shari ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; KENYA; LESOTHO; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; RWANDA; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA; ZIMBABWE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925610550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121775     Document Type: Article

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