Developing Measures of Pathways that May Link Macro Social/Structural Changes with HIV Epidemiology

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1808-1820

  Pouget, Enrique R ^a   Sandoval, Milagros ^a   Nikolopoulos, Georgios K ^a   Mateu Gelabert, Pedro ^a   Rossi, Diana ^b   Smyrnov, Pavlo ^c   Jones, Yolanda ^a   Friedman, Samuel R ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b Intercambios Civil Association   (Argentina)

^c ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Big events; HIV AIDS; Measures development; Structural interventions

Indexed keywords

DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; NEW YORK; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSMISSION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

DRUG USERS; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84955300353     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-016-1291-3     Document Type: Article

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