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HIV/AIDS and the African-American community: a state of emergency.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Laurencin, CT; Christensen, DM; Taylor, ED
Published in: J Natl Med Assoc
January 2008

HIV and AIDS disproportionately affect African Americans more than any other racial or ethnic group in the United States. Representing only 13% of the U.S. population, African-American adults and adolescents comprise more than half of all HIV/AIDS cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The present incidence and prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the black community in the United States is of crisis proportions. The situation as it stands today is tantamount to a state of emergency for African Americans.

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J Natl Med Assoc

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ISSN

0027-9684

Publication Date

January 2008

Volume

100

Issue

1

Start / End Page

35 / 43

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Risk Factors
  • Public Health
  • Prevalence
  • Incidence
  • Humans
  • HIV Infections
  • Black or African American
  • Black People
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
 

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Laurencin, C. T., Christensen, D. M., & Taylor, E. D. (2008). HIV/AIDS and the African-American community: a state of emergency. J Natl Med Assoc, 100(1), 35–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0027-9684(15)31172-x
Laurencin, Cato T., Donna M. Christensen, and Erica D. Taylor. “HIV/AIDS and the African-American community: a state of emergency.J Natl Med Assoc 100, no. 1 (January 2008): 35–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0027-9684(15)31172-x.
Laurencin CT, Christensen DM, Taylor ED. HIV/AIDS and the African-American community: a state of emergency. J Natl Med Assoc. 2008 Jan;100(1):35–43.
Laurencin, Cato T., et al. “HIV/AIDS and the African-American community: a state of emergency.J Natl Med Assoc, vol. 100, no. 1, Jan. 2008, pp. 35–43. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0027-9684(15)31172-x.
Laurencin CT, Christensen DM, Taylor ED. HIV/AIDS and the African-American community: a state of emergency. J Natl Med Assoc. 2008 Jan;100(1):35–43.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Natl Med Assoc

DOI

ISSN

0027-9684

Publication Date

January 2008

Volume

100

Issue

1

Start / End Page

35 / 43

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Risk Factors
  • Public Health
  • Prevalence
  • Incidence
  • Humans
  • HIV Infections
  • Black or African American
  • Black People
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences